SPIE honors Spaeth with Visionary Award
June 18, 2009--During the 2009 SPIE Europe Optical Metrology congress, held this week in conjunction with Laser World of Photonics (Munich, Germany, June 15-18), Prof. Dr. h. c. Lothar Spaeth received the SPIE Visionary Award. SPIE President Maria Yzuel presented Spaeth with the award to honor his "visionary guidance of Jenoptik AG and the Jena optics community to its recognition as a world leader in its industry, providing technological solutions to challenges of the world and its future."