P006791 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2020-01-28 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006791b.htm corporateBody Australian Optical Society AACR2 Australian and New Zealand Optical Society 2000 Optical Society of Australia 1983 Start Place Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia The Australian Optical Society is open to anyone who is interested in, or contributed to, optics in the widest sense. Life Membership is awarded to those members who have made sustained contributions to optics throughout their career. William (Beattie) Steele, the first Chairman of the Society, is commemorated in the W. H. (Beattie) Steel Medal, awarded occasionally to recognise outstanding contributions to the field of optics in Australia and New Zealand. The Society also awards the John Love Award (until 2017 known as the Technical Optics Award) recognising innovations and technical advances in the field of optics. In 2020 the Society changed its name to the Australian and New Zealand Optical Society. McPhedran, Ross (1948 - )

Life Member 2017 -

 Love, John (1942 - 2016)

Life Member 2009 - 2016: the Society's Technical Optics Award was renamed the John Love Award in 2017

 Klein, Anthony George (Tony) (1935 - 2021)

President 1985 - 1986; Life Member 2009 - 2021

 W. H. (Beattie) Steel Medal, Australian Optical Society (1995 - )

The Medal (originally called the Australian Optical Society Medal) has been awarded by the Society since 1995

 Eggleton, Benjamin J. (Ben) (1970 - )

President 2008 - 2010

 Steel, William Howard (Beattie) (1920 - 2004)

Inaugural Chairman 1983

 Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina

Fellow 2012 -

 Brown, Robert Hanbury (1916 - 2002)

Honorary Fellow 1987 - 2002

 Piper, James Austin (Jim) (1947 - 2023)

President 1985 - 1986; Life Member 2016 - 2023

 Gascoigne, Sidney Charles Bartholemew (1915 - 2010)

Honorary Member 1985 - 2010

 'Australian Optical Society', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Australian Optical Society Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: More than 30 years of optical conferences in Australia Collins, Stephen More than 30 years of optical conferences in Australia 2013 AOS news 27 4 15-7 Journal Article: The role of the CSIRO in the early days of the AOS McPhedran, Ross The role of the CSIRO in the early days of the AOS 2013 AOS news 27 24 9-10 Journal Article: History of the AOS [Australian Optical Society] logo Klein, Tony History of the AOS [Australian Optical Society] logo 2013 AOS news 27 4 12