The Optical Society of America (OSA) Foundation has announced that the fundraising campaign to endow and rename The Optical Society (OSA) Leadership Award in memory of Robert E. Hopkins exceeded its $100,000 fundraising goal in just six months. The campaign, which began earlier this year, was led by OSA Board of Directors Member Charles E. Synborski. The newly renamed award honours Hopkins' contributions to the field of optical engineering and to the optics community.
The Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award will be given to an individual or group that has had a significant impact on the global optics and photonics community or on society as a whole stemming from non-research-oriented activities. It will be presented each fall during the OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics.
Hopkins, who passed away in 2009, served as OSA president in 1973. Recognised as an expert in optical instrument design, aspheric optics, interferometry, lasers, and lens testing, Hopkins has been characterised as the 'father of optical engineering.' He was also a Fellow of the American Physical Society, served on the SPIE Board of Governors, and was a member of Sigma Xi, the American Society for Engineering Education and numerous advisory panels.
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