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Howard Cary
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Howard Cary

American engineer

Henry Cary (3 May 1908 – 20 December 1991) was an American engineer and the co-founder of the Applied Physics Corporation (later known as Cary Instruments), along with George W. Downs and William Miller. The Cary 14 UV-Vis-NIR and the Cary Model 81 Raman Spectrophotometer were particularly important contributions in scientific instrumentation and spectroscopy.2

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Born May 3, 1908, died Dec 20, 1991.1

About

Before starting Applied Physics, Cary was employed by Beckman Instruments, where he worked on the design of several instruments including the ubiquitous DU spectrophotometer. Howard Cary was a founder and the first president of the Optical Society of Southern California.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • 1930California Institute of Technology bachelor's degree3 4
  • Date not recordedLos Angeles High School3

In 1925, after graduating from Los Angeles High School, Cary entered the California Institute of Technology. He missed one year due to illness, and graduated in 1930 with a B.S. degree in civil engineering. In sports, he was captain of the varsity tennis squad. During his first year he won the junior travel prize. Cary was a member of Sigma Xi.

After receiving his degree, Cary went to work in his father's plumbing construction business, H. G. Cary Co. He held a variety of engineering and accounting positions with the company during the early years of the Great Depression.

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Career

Occupation: civil engineer.6

Optical Society of California, co-founder and first president, formed in 1951

Instrumentation Society of America, president

Western Spectroscopy Association, executive committee

American Physical Society, member

American Chemical Society, member

Institute of Radio Engineers, member

Society for Applied Spectroscopy, member

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Personal life

  • BornMay 3, 1908, Los Angeles7
  • DiedDec 20, 1991, Orange8
  • CitizenshipUnited States9

Henry Howard Cary was born on 3 May 1908 in Los Angeles, California to Henry Gardner Cary and Bessie (Brown) Cary.

The 1940 US Census listed Cary as married to Barbara (Ward) Cary from Washington state. His occupation was recorded as research engineer and industry as laboratory.

In 1991, Cary died of pneumonia after a long illness at Orange, California.

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Awards

  • 1969David Richardson Medal4 10

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