Arthur Noble Chester

Background

Chester, Arthur Noble was born on August 5, 1940 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Arthur Malbridge and Marjorie (Stenberg) Chester.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, University Texas, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics, California Institute Technology, 1965.

Career

Member technical staff, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1965-1969; member technical staff, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1969-1973; manager laser department, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1973-1975; associate director, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1975-1980; program manager very high speed integrated circuits, Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, California, 1980-1983; manager tactical engineering division, Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, California, 1984-1985; group vice president, manager space and strategic systems division, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1985-1988; vice-president and director research laboratories, Hughes Aircraft Company, Malibu, California, 1988-1993; senior vice president research and technology, Hughes electronics corporation, Los Angeles, 1993-1997; president, HRL laboratories, Malibu, Cailf., since 1995. Consultant unites states department Defense, Washington, 1975-1979. Co-director International School Quantum Electronics, Erice, Sicily, Italy, since 1980.

Achievements

• Arthur Noble Chester has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Masterwork Chorus, Morristown, New Jersey, 1968-1969. Board directors FellowsContemporary Art, Los Los Angeles. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Chairman of Commission since 1982, Centennial medal 1984), Optical Society American.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (president 1980), American Physical Society, California Institute Technology (distinguished Alumni Svc. award), 1997, University of California at Los Angeles Council Research Advisors, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Cynthia Anne Ashford, September 6, 1961 (divorced June 1968). Married Catherine Rogers Buchanan, August 10, 1969.

Father:

Arthur Malbridge Chester

Mother:

Marjorie (Stenberg) Chester

Spouse:

Cynthia Anne Ashford

Spouse:

Catherine Rogers Buchanan