OSA Election

The OSA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the slate of candidates approved at its February 2, 2008, meeting.  The OSA election will open in June 2008 and the results will be announced at the OSA Annual Business Meeting at FiO 2008 in Rochester, NY.  Watch your email in June for on-line voting instructions.

Candidates for 2009 Vice-President (one will be elected)

1. J. Christopher Dainty,  National Univ. of Ireland Galway, Ireland
2. James G. Fujimoto, MIT, USA
3. David A. B. Miller, Stanford Univ., USA

Candidates for Director at Large (three will be elected)

1. Neal S. Bergano, Tyco Telecommunications, USA
2. Gary DeBell, MLD Technologies, USA
3. Donald Golini, QED Technologies Inc, USA
4. Christoph Harder, Harder and Partner, Switzerland
5. Donald Harter, IMRA America, USA
6. Wilhelm Kaenders, Toptica Photonics AG, Germany

The 2008 election results were announced September 17, 2007, at the OSA Annual Business Meeting at Frontiers in Optics in San Jose, California.

For more information regarding the 2007 election please view the press release.