William Benjamin Tiffany

Background

Tiffany, William Benjamin was born on March 28, 1937 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Edwin and Alberta Rebecca (Guzzardo) Tiffany.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics with highest honors, U. Oklahoma, 1959; Master of Science in Physics, Stanford (California) U., 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Stanford (California) U., 1967.

Career

Engineering specialist, GTE Sylvania Electro-Optics, Mountain View, California, 1959-1970; vice president, Molectron Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, 1970-1977; manager Research and Development, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, 1978-1984; program manager, Coherent Inc., Palo Alto, California, 1984-1989; president, Micro-Habitat Systems, Inc., Port Angeles, Washington, since 1989. Consultant Advanced Cardiovascular Sys., Santa Clara, California, 1989-1991, Biomedica Inc., Neenah, Wisconsin, since 1992, Molectron Detector, Inc., Portland, Oregon, since 1994.

Achievements

• William Benjamin Tiffany has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Laser Institute of America (president 1976). Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society, Optical Society of Northern California, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Lise Tiffany Dearborn, March 15, 1974. Children: Sherryl, Elise, Nicole Teresa.

Father:

William Edwin Tiffany

Mother:

Alberta Rebecca (Guzzardo) Tiffany

Spouse:

Lise Tiffany Dearborn

child:

Sherryl Tiffany

child:

Nicole Teresa Tiffany

child:

Elise Tiffany