Irwin Gillespie Priest (27 January 1886 – 19 July 1932) was an American physicist who specialized in optics. He was president of the
Optical Society of America from 1928 to 1929.
He received his bachelor's degree in 1907 from
Ohio University
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. He went to work for the
Bureau of Standards straight from college and after just six years was promoted to Chief of Colorimetry Section of the Optics division. He was named the first honorary lifetime member of the
American Oil Chemists' Society in 1913 for his work on oil color grading.
[http://www.aocs.org/100/content/1910article.pdf Beginnings of the AOCS]
See also
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Optical Society of America#Past Presidents of the OSA
References
External links
Articles Published by early OSA Presidents Journal of the Optical Society of America
1886 births
1932 deaths
American physicists
Presidents of Optica (society)
Ohio University alumni
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