Dr. Roland Shack: Sage of the southwest

Lawrence D. Brooks

doi:10.1117/12.2569093

24 August 2020 Dr. Roland Shack: Sage of the southwest

Lawrence D. Brooks

Proceedings Volume 11479, Roland V. Shack Memorial Session: A Celebration of One of the Great Teachers of Optical Aberration Theory; 1147905 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2569093
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

Dr. Shack's accomplishments profoundly influenced the author's successes. His Geometric Optics 204 course in fall '73 was a key bridge between undergraduate physics and the advanced graduate curriculum of the Optical Sciences Center. The lab of that course provided the solid classical background required to function well in the other optical courses. The Y-Ybar diagram analysis tool, aberration theory notes, and lesson on kinematic plates were used by the author often throughout his professional career. This presentation will identify specific contributions of Dr. Shack that helped create value in a defense aerospace industrial environment, such as the Shack-Hartmann interferometer. Several unique stories will also be shared to illustrate Shack's wisdom and dedication to education. Dr. Shack not only served on the author's dissertation committee, but was also a key element of the Optical Science Center's recipe of success.

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Lawrence D. Brooks "Dr. Roland Shack: Sage of the southwest", Proc. SPIE 11479, Roland V. Shack Memorial Session: A Celebration of One of the Great Teachers of Optical Aberration Theory, 1147905 (24 August 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2569093

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