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VGM Opportunities Series Opportunities in Laser Technology Careers Jan Bone Foreword by Ted Maiman VGM Career Horizons a division of NTC Publishing Group Lincolnwood, Illinois USA

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title	:	Opportunities in Laser Technology Careers VGM Opportunities Series
author	:	Bone, Jan.
publisher	:	NTC Contemporary
isbn10 | asin	:	0844265144
print isbn13	:	9780844265148
ebook isbn13	:	9780071400985
language	:	English
subject	Laser industry--Vocational guidance.
publication date	:	1989
lcc	:	TA1677.B66 1989eb
ddc	:	621.36/6023
subject	:	Laser industry--Vocational guidance.

Page ii Cover Photo Credits: Front cover: upper left, Ford Motor Company photo; upper right, Sharon P. Gregg photo; lower left, photo reproduced with permission of AT&T Archives; lower right, Oak Ridge National Laboratory photo. Back cover: upper left and lower right, GTE Laboratories photos; upper right, Richard Smith photo; lower left, Raycon Corporation photo. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bone, Jan. Opportunities in laser technology careers. (VGM opportunities series) Bibliography: p. 1. Laser industryVocational guidance. I. Title. II. Series. TA1677.B66 1988 621.36'6023 88-60905 ISBN 0-8442-6514-4 ISBN 0-8442-6515-2 (pbk.) 1991 Printing Published by VGM Career Horizons, a division of NTC Publishing Group. 1989 by NTC Publishing Group, 4255 West Touhy Avenue, Lincolnwood (Chicago), Illinois 60646-1975 U.S.A. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of NTC Publishing Group. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 88-60905 Manufactured in the United States of America. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BC 9 8 7 6 5 4 3

Page iii About the Author Jan Bone has been writing professionally for over 40 years, ever since, as a 16-year-old, she had her first newspaper job on the Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Sun. Her bachelor's degree is from Cornell University, and she holds an M.B.A. degree from Roosevelt University. When Ted Maiman successfully invented the first working laser in his laboratory at Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Jan was busy caring for four sonsthe oldest in kindergarten. During the three decades that followed, however, her interest in technology has grown significantly. From 1977 to 1985 Jan served as an elected member of the Board of Trustees of William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, and from 1979 to 1985 she was board secretary. During that time, the college set up a CAD/CAM Center to train students and professionals in computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing, sparking her interest in the field. She has studied production management and is an associate member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and two of its divisions: Computer and Automated Systems Association (CASA) and Robotics International (RI). Because of her interest in lasers and laser technology, she is also a member of SME's Laser Council. A prolific free-lance writer, Jan is senior writer for the Chicago Tribune's special advertising sections and has written special features sections material for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1982. She has written for publications as diverse as Bank Marketing, Family Circle, Woman's World, Medical Tribune, and National ENQUIRER. In 1988 she was named contributing editor of Bank Administration, the magazine of bank management.

Page iv She is coauthor with Ron Johnson of Understanding the Film (National Textbook Company, Lincolnwood, Illinois, 1985) and author of Opportunities in Film Careers, Opportunities in Cable Television, Opportunities in Telecommunications, Opportunities in Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing, and Opportunities in Robotics Careers in the VGM Career Horizons series. Jan has won the Chicago Working Newsman's Scholarship, the Illinois Education School Bell Award for Best Comprehensive Coverage of Education by dailies under 250,000 circulation, and an American Political Science Award for Distinguished Reporting of Public Affairs. Since 1983, she has been listed in Who's Who of American Women. She is married, the mother of four married sons, and grandmother of Emily Diane.

Page v Acknowledgments The following individuals were especially helpful in the development of this book: Gary Benedict, Edesly Canto, Patrick Doolan, Ellet Drake, Jack Dyer, Robert Ford, Gordon Gould, Joe Hlubucek, Susan Hicks, Reena Jabamoni, Rick Jackson, Frank Jacoby, Tung H. Jeong, James Johnson, Alan J. Jones, Hamid Madjid, Fortune Massuda, Vivian Merchant, George L. Paul, Jeri Peterson, Judith Pfister, Robert Prycz, Greg Rixon, Howard Rudzinsky, John Ruselowski, George Sanborn, Fred Seaman, M. J. Soileau, Doris Vila, and Carol Worth. Special thanks to Theodore H. Maiman. The author also acknowledges the assistance of the British Information Service, ABET, Alberta Laser Centre, American Association of Engineering Societies, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Australian Embassy, Battelle Laboratories, Bell Labs, Edison Foundation, Electronic Engineering Associates, Gas Research Institute, Hewlett-Packard, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Lake Forest College, Laser Focus/Electro-Optics, Laser Institute of America, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Optical Society of America, Raycon Corporation, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, SPIE, University of Arizona Optical Sciences Center, University of Central Florida/CREOL, University of Rochester Institute of Optics, and Westinghouse.

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