Charles H. Townes
American physicist
Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices. Wikipedia
Born: July 28, 1915, Greenville, SC
Died: January 27, 2015 (age 99 years), Oakland, CA
Education: California Institute of Technology (1937–1939), Duke University, Furman University, and more
Awards: Frederic Ives Medal, Nobel Prize in Physics, Templeton Prize, and more
Spouse: Frances H. Brown (m. 1941–2015)
Parents: Ellen Hard and Henry Keith Townes