Background
Pepper, David M. was born on March 9, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Harold and Edith (Kleinplatz) Pepper.
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David M. Pepper
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David M. Pepper, American Physicist, educator, author, inventor. Recipient Rudolf Kingslake award Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1982, Publication of Year award Hughes Research Laboratory, 1986, Patent awardof excellence HRL laboratories, 1997; National Science Foundation trainee California Institute Technology, 1971; Howard Hughes fellow Hughes Aircraft Company, 1973-1980.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics summa cum laude, University of California at Los Angeles, 1971; Master of Science in Applied Physics, California Institute Technology, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Physics, California Institute Technology, 1980.
Career
Member technical staff, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1973-1987; senior staff physicist, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1987-1991; head nonlinear and electro-optic devices section, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1989-1991; senior scientist, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1991-1994; senior research scientist, HRL laboratories (formerly Hughes Research laboratories), Malibu, since 1994. Adjunct Professor mathematics and physics Pepperdine U., Malibu, since 1981. Member of advisory panel National Science Foundation, Washington, 1997.
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Membership
Member Sons and Daughters of 1939 Club, 2d Generation of Martyrs Memorial, Museum Holocaust. Fellow Optical Society American (conference session chair 1996, 97, 98, 99, member of advisory board topical conference on nonlinear optics, Hawaii 1996, 98). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (guest editor, associate editor, member program committee lasers and electro-optics 1997, 98, 99), International Society for Optical Engineering (guest editor, conference co-chairman 1998, 99), New York Academy Sciences, American Physical Society, Laser Institute American, International Council Science Unions (commission on science and technical in developing countries), Sigma Xi (vice president 1986-1987, chapter president 1987-1988, 90-91, 91-92), Sigma Pi Sigma.
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Married Denise Danyelle Koster, March 19, 1992.
