Albert Rose

Dr. Albert Rose (1910-1990)

          Dr. Rose spent his scientific career at the RCA  Research Laboratory in Princeton, N.J.  He invented the Image Orthicon,  which for the first half of the 20^th century was the principal camera tube for television broadcasts throughout the world.  He received  numerous awards for his seminal contributions to the theory of photoconductivity, and to a theory of visual sensitivity, and was a member of the National Academy of Engineering.  Dr. Rose presented the keynote address at the 1988 International Symposium in honor of Professor Martin Pope