# Professor Yariv Elected As Honorary Member of The Optical Society

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Professor Yariv Elected As Honorary Member of The Optical Society

# Professor Yariv Elected As Honorary Member of The Optical Society

October 18, 2017

[Amnon Yariv](http://eas.caltech.edu/people/ayariv), Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, has been elected as a 2017 Honorary Member of [The Optical Society](http://www.osa.org/en-us/home/). He was elected for pioneering scientific and engineering contributions to photonics and quantum electronics that have profoundly impacted lightwave communications and the field of optics as a whole. Professor Yariv joins a very select and highly distinguished group of Honorary Members which include [George E. Hale](http://www.osa.org/en-us/history/biographies/george-e-hale/) in 1916 and [R.A. Millikan](http://www.osa.org/en-us/history/biographies/r-a--millikan/) in 1950 from Caltech. [[List of Honorary Members](http://www.osa.org/en-us/awards_and_grants/honorary_members/)]

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