LASER PIONEERS
July 23, 2019
By Chrys Panayiotou, Ed.D.
Executive Director and Principal Investigator of LASER-TEC

Dan Hull received his Master’s in Electrical Engineering and wrote one of the first theses on the Q-Switched Ruby Laser in 1963. He started his career by building lasers for Westinghouse Electric in 1962 in Pittsburgh, PA. Afterwards, he worked at Sandia labs in Albuquerque on laser enabled explosive initiators and other related topics. In 1968, Dan started working for the Apollo program through Lockheed and NASA at Houston Space Center. He took part in the development of lasers, tracking systems, and radar systems for the Apollo program. In 1973, he left industry to work on creating laser and optics curricula and programs to support the new growing industry. He spent the last 46 years creating and promoting photonics technicians’ programs as the CEO of CORD, and OP-TEC where he served as the executive director until August 2019.

I talked to Dan Hull about his personal experiences in the early days of the invention of the laser
and his journey through the last 60 years of laser history. The purpose of this series is to help new generations of technicians understand the importance of lasers, optics, and the colleges where they arebeing taught.

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