death_place death_date work_institution birth_place nationality field birth_date known_for residence prizes article_title name alma_mater
lexington , massachusetts 21 may 2003 mit ljubljana , slovenia slovenian optical communications , electrical engineering , applied physics august 8 , 1925 optical communications lexington , massachusetts ieee 1991 -rrb- national medal of science -lrb- 1995 -rrb- james h. mulligan , jr. education medal -lrb- hermann a. haus
 hermann anton haus union scd -rrb- - 1954 college -lrb- bs -rrb- - 1949 mit -lrb-
hermann a. haus

hermann anton haus -lrb- 1925 -- 2003 -rrb- was a slovene-american physicist , electrical engineer , and institute professor at the massachusetts institute of technology .
haus ' research and teaching ranged from fundamental investigations of quantum uncertainty as manifested in optical communications to the practical generation of ultra-short optical pulses .
in 1994 , the optical society of america recognized dr. haus ' contributions with its frederic ives medal , the society 's highest award .
haus authored or co-authored five books and published nearly 300 articles and presented his work at virtually every major conference and symposium on laser and quantum electronics and quantum optics around the world .
he was awarded the national medal of science in 1995 and was adopted into rpi 's alumni hall of fame in 2007 .
he was a grandson of the austrian admiral anton haus .
his father , otto maximilian haus , was a leading slovenian doctor who investigated tuberculosis .
the tomb of his great-grandmother marija haus -lrb- walter -rrb- is still in bubnjarci , croatia .
