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LESTER F. EASTMAN
Pages 117-122

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... Les, as he was known, was born May 21, 1928, and grew up in Waterville, New York, a village 15 miles south of Utica. At the age of 18, he underwent Navy basic training at Great Lakes Naval Academy and served as a radar technician aboard the USS Coral Sea during its commissioning voyage (1946–1948)
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From page 119...
... His multidisciplinary research spanned six decades and helped stimulate the compound semiconductor industry and the electronic and optical device industry that now generate billions of dollars in annual revenue. The work he and his students did on gallium nitride and related materials now permeates defense and commercial applications.
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From page 120...
... In addition to his election to the National Academy of Engineering in 1986, he received the 1991 Heinrich Welker Gold Medal and the Annual Award of the International Symposium on Gallium Arsenide and Related Compounds for outstanding research in the area of III-V compound semiconductors; the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Fellowship (1994) ; and the IEEE Aldert van der Ziel Award (1995)
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From page 121...
... He was an enthusiastic participant in electrical engineering's Friday afternoon beer and snacks informal gettogether for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty -- an activity that did much to break down formal social barriers between traditionally stratified academic tiers. Les was a man of many interests and a zest for life.
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... Whenever he could he set aside time during his travels to visit a museum, to attend the ballet, or to enjoy a classical music concert or jazz venue, often with students in tow. He also had an exceptional vocabulary, studying Latin in high school, then memorizing a page of Webster's dictionary a day while he was in the Navy.
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