Frank J. Studer, who taught physics at Union from 1930 to 1943 and then served as a research professor at the College, died March 29 in Bethesda, Md. He was 96.
The Gordon Gould '41 professorship in physics, established in 1995,
honors Studer. Gould, who discovered the basic concepts of the laser, established the
professorship to honor Studer, who he says “inspired a love of physics.”
A graduate of the University of British Columbia, Studer received a
master's degree from University of Washington and Ph.D. from the University of
Wisconson. After 15 years of teaching at Union, Studer left the College to work at the
General Electric Co.'s Research and Development Laboratory, where he developed
advances in the light measurement field until retirement in 1966.