Background
Loewen, Erwin G. was born on April 12, 1921 in Frankfurt, Germany. Came to the United States, 1937. Son of Franz L. and Gladys M. (Marx) Loewen.
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"Offers and up-to-date assessment of the entire field of diffraction gratings, including history, physics, manufacture, testing, and instrument design. Furnishes--for the first time in a single-source reference--a thorough review of efficiency behavior, examining echelles as well as concave, binary, transmission, fiber, and waveguide gratings."
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Loewen, Erwin G. was born on April 12, 1921 in Frankfurt, Germany. Came to the United States, 1937. Son of Franz L. and Gladys M. (Marx) Loewen.
BMechE, New York University, 1941; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949; MMechE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952.
Technical director, Taft-Pierce Manufacturing Company, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 1952-1960; director gratings and metrology, Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, New York, 1960-1985; vice president Research and Development, Milton Roy Company, Rochester, 1985-1987, emeritus, since 1987; professor optics, U. Rochester, 1988-1997.
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Staff sergeant United States Army, 1944-1946, PTO. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (vice president standardization), Optical Society of America (David Richardson medal, 1984, Robert M. Burley prize 1993, Fraunhofer medal 1993), Society Manufacturing Engineers. Member American Society Precision Engineers (honorary), Society Photoinstrumentation Engineers, International Institution Production Engineering Research, Sigma Xi.
Married Joanna M. Wills, September 5, 1952 (divorced 1996). Children: Oliver F., Heidi R. Married Anita Rosenfeld, March 1999.
Children: Stefynie, Valerie.