Background
Davis, John King was born on November 30, 1913 in Webster, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Benjamin and Bertha C. (Rowell) Davis.
Davis, John King was born on November 30, 1913 in Webster, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Benjamin and Bertha C. (Rowell) Davis.
Student, Bowdoin College, l932-33; AB, Clark University, l937.
Lens designer, American Optical Corporation, Southbridge, Massachusetts, l939-48; head geometric optics research, American Optical Corporation, Southbridge, Massachusetts, l948-62; lens development manager, American Optical Corporation, Southbridge, Massachusetts, l962-7l; chief ophthalmic science, American Optical Corporation, Southbridge, Massachusetts, l97l-75; associate professor physiological optics, Pennsylvania College Optometry, Philadelphia, l975-79; Adjunct Professor, Pennsylvania College Optometry, Philadelphia, l979-; consultant in optics, Gentex Corporation and Gentex Optics Corporation, Dudley, Massachusetts, l977-. Board directors Centex Optics Corporation.
Member, chairman Woodstock Board Education, 1955-1963. Chairman sunglass subcommittee American National Standards Institute, 1971. Member National Academy Opticianry (life, board directors 1976-1983, Beverly Myers Nelson Achievement award 1976, Hall of Fame award), Sunglass Association American (Achievement award 1976, 93), Academy Optometry (honorary life), Optical Society of America.
Son of Joseph Benjamin and Bertha C. (Rowell) D. M. Lucy L. McNutt, November 2, l940. Children: John M., Robert B.