On 2 January, Eric Van Stryland, director of the School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) and a professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, begins his term as the Optical Society of America’s vice president. Van Stryland, who succeeds Susan Houde-Walter (see Physics Today, Physics Today 0031-9228 55 12 2002 75 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1537926 December 2002, page 75 ), will become president-elect in 2005 and will serve as president in 2006. Peter Knight begins his term as the OSA president for 2004 (see Physics Today, Physics Today 0031-9228 55 1 2002 69 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1537926 January 2002, page 69 ).
Van Stryland graduated in 1970 with a BS in physics from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. While working at the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson, he completed his MS (1975) and PhD (1976), both in physics....
