BOZEMAN, Mont., Oct. 13 -- Montana State University issued the following press release:
Montana State University recently received two donations totaling $1 million to fund an endowed professorship of optics and photonics, an area of research in which MSU is widely considered a national leader. The professorship will support teaching, mentoring and research in optics and photonics.
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, donated $500,000 this fall to establish the professorship. The $500,000 gift from SPIE is matched by a $500,000 bequest to the MSU Alumni Foundation.
"MSU's strengths in optics and photonics show how university discoveries can grow into industries that create opportunities across our state," said Christ...