caption death_date death_place birth_place awards fields workplaces birth_date known_for article_title name
anthony e. siegman october 7 , 2011 stanford , california detroit , michigan j j ebers award -lrb- 1977 -rrb- physics stanford university november 23 , 1931 lasers , optics , unstable resonators anthony e. siegman
 anthony e. siegman
anthony e. siegman

anthony e. siegman -lrb- 1931 -- 2011 -rrb- was an electrical engineer and educator concerned with masers and lasers .
he was president of the optical society of america in 1999 and was awarded the esther hoffman beller medal in 2009 .
