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LEONARD S. CUTLER
Pages 58-65

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... During his career of almost 50 years with Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies, Len established a reputation as the company's most respected scientist and innovator. His numerous innovations in time and frequency control and contributions to the world's most accurate commercial clocks earned him the nickname "Father Time." He was the first and still the only person to hold Agilent's highest technical honor, Distinguished Fellow, in recognition of his long-standing and far-reaching contributions, particularly in the areas of precise measurement of time and position.
From page 60...
... When asked what work he liked, he said: "design and development." When asked what he disliked, he said "management work." Many years later, when I took over one of Len's management roles, he couldn't hide his thrill in handing over budgets and personnel matters to me, while he relished the chance to spend more time designing better atomic clocks. At management meetings that we both attended, Len could frequently be spotted solving complex but timeless equations while the rest of us debated an urgent but fleeting administrative issue.
From page 61...
... Later he became director of the instruments and photonics lab, developing photonics instrumentation and frequency standards. In 1987, shortly after the discovery of hightemperature superconductors, Len and John Moll founded the Superconductivity Lab and became its codirectors.
From page 62...
... Clocks designed by Len form the cornerstone of the time standards maintained by laboratories throughout the world. They were the first to be flown in airplanes to perform the synchronization of world clocks and later to test the variations in the flow of time predicted by Albert Einstein.
From page 63...
... Leeds Award, Rabi Award, the Third Millennium Medal, IRI Achievement Award, AIP Industrial Applications of Physics Award, and Precise Time and Time Interval Distinguished Service Award. In 1987 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "scientific and engineering contributions to the fields of atomic frequency standards and electronic instrumentation and measurement." He served on numerous government, professional society, industrial, and academic committees and advisory boards.
From page 64...
... Cutler was survived by his wife Dorothy; his sons Jeffrey, Gregory, Steven, and Scott; grandchildren Kim, Michelle, James, and Lindsay; and his sister Anita Roth.


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