About
Renown physicist who is best known for creating the optical fiber that's used in fiber optics. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1993 for his contributions to engineering.
Before Fame
He used to play with prisms and lenses as a child in Lansing, Michigan.
Trivia
He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Lightwave Technology.
Family Life
He had a father who was a physicist, and he persuaded him to change his major to physics in college.
Associated With
He was awarded the National Medal of Technology by Bill Clinton in 2000.
