Ali Javan

Background

Javan, Ali was born on December 27, 1926 in Tehran, Iran. Son of Moosa and Jamileh (Azarbaghi) Javan. came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1963.

Education

Student, Tehran U., 1947-1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1954.

Career

Member research staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1958-1961; member of faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1960; professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1964; Francis Wright Davis professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1978; founder, Chairman of the Board, Laser Science, Inc., since 1981. Consultant to industry and government, since 1960.

Achievements

• Ali Javan has been listed as a noteworthy Educator, physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society, Optical Society American, National Academy Science, Third WorldAcad. Sciences (associate founding fellow). Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Academy Science in Iran (honorary), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Marjorie Browning, July 12, 1962. Children: Maia Azar, Lila Hamideh.

Father:

Moosa Javan

Mother:

Jamileh (Azarbaghi) Javan

Spouse:

Marjorie Browning

child:

Maia Azar Javan

child:

Lila Hamideh Javan