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Robert A. Laudise
Pages 158-163

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... His professional skills created an impressive legacy of technical landmarks as well as some new and permanent institutions. His humanity and gentle humor are irreplaceable in the memories of his colleagues and family members.
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... Starting in 1956 as a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories, Robert Laudise rose through the ranks. In 1970 he became the head of the Cr,vstal Chemistry Research Department, followed two years later by a promotion to the position of assistant director and then director of the Materials Research Laboratory.
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... He was a past president of the Arnerican Association for Crystal Growth as well as the International Organization of Crystal Growth. In addition he was a past chairman of the Solid State Chemistry Subdivision of the American Chemical Society.
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... , 1975 to 1980 National Academy of Sciences-NASA Evaluation Committee, 1980 · National Research CounciT's (NRC) joint Engineering and Technical Systems National Materials Advisory Board and Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources Solid State Sciences Committee Panel on Materials Research Opportunities and Needs in Materials Science and Engineering, member froml985 to 1993
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... ,1980 to 1998 NRC Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems National Materials Advisory Board, member from 1987 to 1998 Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Materials Science, 1988 to 1998 . Solid State Sciences Committee (NAS)
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