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Oral History of John ‘Jan’ Hall August 5, 2025 National Institute of Standards and Technology [Video Recording]
No full textOral history of physicist John “Jan” Hall conducted on August 5, 2025, by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Jan discusses his post-doc appointment at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C. and his later moving to Boulder, Colorado to be the second employee of the NBS / University of Colorado Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics or JILA. Other topics covered include JILA’s first home at the Armory and its move to a new building on the university campus; work with Lewis Branscomb, Richard Barger, Dick Deslattes, Ken Evenson, James Faller, and Peter Bender, and with ARPA, the NSF, and LIGO; and research on stabilized lasers, photo detachment, and optical frequency combs. Included separately is an additional written narrative authored by Jan Hall and submitted on the same day as the oral history
RICHARD H. F. JACKSON
No full textRICHARD H. F. JACKSON
TENURE AT NBS/NIST: 1971-2000
INDUCTED: 2025-10-16
B: 1947, Baltimore, Maryland
D: 2024, Potomac, Maryland
EDUCATION:
Johns Hopkins University, BA, (Applied Mathematics), 1969 Southern Methodist University, MS, (Systems Engineering),
1970
The George Washington University, DSc, (Operations Research), 1983
CITATION: For his pioneering research and visionary leadership ofNIST's manufacturing programs, which helped to transform manufacturing into a higher quality and dramatically more efficient information-driven enterprise
POSITIONS HELD AT NBS/NIST:
Operations Research Analyst, Mathematical Consultant, Project Leader, Applied Research Division, Institute for Basic Standards/Operations Research Division, Center for Applied Mathematics, National Engineering Laboratory
(NEL), 1971-1986
Program Analyst, NEL, 1986-1987
Program Analyst, Program Office, Office of the Associate Director for Programs, Budget, and Finance, 1987-1988 Director, Manufacturing Technology Centers Program, 1988-1989
Deputy Director, Center for Manufacturing Engineering, NEL/Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL),
1989-1995
Director, MEL, 1995-2000
HONORS:
NIST Bronze Medal ( 1989)
U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medals (1991 and 1999)
Engineering News-Record "Top 25 Newsmakers of2004"
CII James B. Porter, Jr. Technology Leadership Award, 2110
MEMBERSHIPS:
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Institute for Operations Research and Management Science
Production and Operations Management Society
International Mathematical Programming Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
U.S. government delegate to the international committee that evaluated the feasibility and merits of the politically
sensitive Intelligent Manufacturing Systems program proposed by Japan
International Steering Committee, IGES/PDES Organization
PUBLICATIONS:
More than 100 publications including:
Jackson, R.H.F., Disseminating Standards of Time and Frequency: Issues in the Evaluation of Alternative Systems,
NBS IR 78-874 (1978)
Jackson, R.H.F., Boggs, P.T., Nash, S.G., and Powell, S., "Guidelines for Reporting Results of Computational
Experiments. Report of the ad hoc Committee", Mathematical Programming 49, 413-425 ( 1990)
Jackson, R.H.F., and Jones, A.W.T., "An Architecture for Decision Making in the Factory of the Future", INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics Vol. 17, No. 6, 15-28 (1987
SUSANNAH B. SCHILLER
No full textTENURE AT NBS/NIST: 1987-2020
INDUCTED: 2025
B: 1962, Grove City, Pennsylvania
EDUCATION:
College of Wooster, BS, (Mathematics and Computer Science),
1984
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MS, (Statistics), 1986
CITATION:
For advancing statistical methods that improved accuracy in the characterization of SRMs and visionary leadership that modernized NIST's IT services positioning NIST to readily meet challenging federal mandates and advance NIST's mission priorities
POSITIONS HELD AT NBS/NIST:
Statistician, Statistical Engineering Division, Center for Computing and Applied Mathematics, National Engineering
Laboratory/Computing and Applied Mathematics Laboratory, 1987-1996
Program Analyst, Program Office, Office of the Director, 1996-1997
Special Assistant to Director, Advanced Technology Program, 1997-2000
Leader, Information Resources Group, Advanced Technology Program, 2000-2003
Deputy Chief lnformation Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer/ Office of oflnformation Systems Management, (OISM), 2003-2020 Chief Privacy Officer, OISM, 2019-2020
SIGNIFICANCE OF WORK;
Ms. Schiller, as NIST's Chief Privacy Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer, leveraged valuable relationships with senior management across NIST and with IT support staff in NIST's organizational units. NIST's Enterprise Risk Management profile benefited from Ms. Schiller's holistic view of enterprise risk for the NIST IT systems that process personally identifiable information. She ensured that NIST maintained CIO autonomy by compiling NIST's first Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard replete with compelling evidence showing NIST's overall IT budget, program, and security management practices. This merited the Commerce CIO delegating the agency's authority for IT leadership, strategic planning, workforce, budgeting, investment management, information security and planning to the NIST CIO. She spearheaded NIST policy to create a Privacy program that addressed compliance requirements and recognized NIST's unique programmatic mission requirements. By collaborating with each NIST OU to establish a Privacy Liaison role and instituting supportive efforts, Ms. Schiller ensured that NIST's privacy metrics were meaningful and attainable. Prior to her CIO responsibilities, Ms. Schiller developed a method for combining data from independent analytical methods and used the method to characterize SRMs produced by MML's analytical chemists. She developed one of the first electronic proposal submission systems with digital signatures that enabled NIST's Advanced Technology Program Managers to review proposals, track funding and deliverables for ATP projects, and assess economic impacts by providing tailored IT capabilities. In addition to serving in NIST's mentoring program, Ms. Schiller supervised and supported careerenhancing opportunities for multiple staff who have gone on to assume significant leadership positions across NIST, including a NIST CIO.
HONORS:
NIST Bronze Medal ( 1991)
NIST George A. Uriano Award (2002)
MEMBERSHIPS:
Represented NIST on the DOC Chief Information Officer and Privacy Councils
Served as Detaille in the role of Chief Information Officer to NTIS
Served as a board member of the NIST Child Care Center (1991-1994
ROBERT E. DRULLINGER
No full textROBERT E. DRULLINGER
TENURE AT NBS/NIST: Boulder 1972-2002
INDUCTED: 2025
B: 1944, Lansing, Michigan
EDUCATION:
Michigan State University, BS (Chemistry), 1967
Columbia University, PhD (Chemistry), 1972
CITATION:
For his essential role in the first demonstration of laser cooling of atoms, for development of NIST-7, the first primary frequency standard using optical state selection and detection, and for impacts to the redefinition of the meter
POSITIONS HELD AT NBS/NIST:
Presidential Intern, Quantum Electronics Division, Institute for Basic Standards (IBS), 1972-1973
NAS/NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, Quantum Electronics Division, IBS, 1973-1974
Research Physicist, Time and Frequency Division, !BS/Center for Absolute Physical Quantities, National
Measurement Laboratory (NML)/Center for Basic Standards, NML, 1974-1984
Leader, Atomic Beam Standards Group, Time and Frequency Division, NML/Primary Standards Group, Physics Laboratory (PL), 1984-2002
PUBLICATIONS:
More than 100 publications and two patents including:
Wineland, D.J., Drullinger, R.E., and Walls, F.L., "Radiation-Pressure Cooling of Bound Resonant Absorbers",
Physical Review Letters 40, 1639-1642 (1978)
Drullinger, R.E., Wineland, D.J., and Bergquist, J.C., "High-Resolution Optical Spectra of Laser-Cooled Ions",
Applied Physics 22, 365-368 (1980)
Wineland, D.J., Bergquist, J.C., Itano, W.M., and Drullinger, R.E., "Double-Resonance and Optical-Pumping
Experiments on Electromagnetically Confined, Laser-Cooled Ions", Optics Letters 5, 245-247 (1980) Jennings, D.A., Pollock, C.R., Peterson, P.R., Drullinger, R.E., Evenson, K.M., Wells, J.S., Hall, J.L., and Layer,
H.P., "Direct Frequency Measurement of the h-Stabilized He-Ne 473-THz (633-nm) Laser", Optics Letters 8,
136-138 (1983)
Shirley, J.H., Lee, W.D., and Drullinger, R.E., "Accuracy Evaluation of the Primary Frequency Standard NIST-
7", Metrologia 38, 427-458 (2001)
Fox, P.J., Scholten, R.E., Walkiewicz, M.R., and Drullinger, R.E., "A Reliable, Compact, and Low-Cost
Michelson Wavemeter for Laser Wavelength Measurement", American Journal of Physics 67, 624-630 (1999
STEPHAN J. STRANICK
No full textSTEPHAN J. STRANICK
TENURE AT NBS/NIST: 1996-2024
INDUCTED: 2025
B: 1962, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
D: 2024, Hanover, Pennsylvania
EDUCATION:
Ithaca College, BS, (Chemistry), 1989
The Pennsylvania State University, PhD (Chemistry), 1994
CITATION:
For world leadership in the execution of innovative microscopy techniques, programmatic leadership in other agency partnerships significant to national security, and a prodigious record of mentorship
POSITIONS HELD AT NBS/NIST:
Research Chemist, Surface and Microanalysis Science Division, Chemical Science and Technology
Laboratory/Material Measurement Laboratory (MML), 1996-2012
Leader, Microanalysis Research Group/Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Group, Materials Measurement
Science Division, MML, 2012-2015
Research Chemist, Materials Measurement Science Division, MML, 2015-2024
Paperwork for him to become a Fellow had been approved by NIST at the time of his death, 2024
HONORS:
American Chemical Society 100 New Voices in Chemistry (2001), Arthur F. Findeis Award (2003)
American Chemical Society and the German Chemical Society Frontiers of Chemistry: Top 40 under 40 (2002) NIST Bronze Medals (2002 and 2024)
NIST Samuel Wesley Stratton Award (2002)
Arthur S. Flemming Award (2008)
U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal (2023)
MEMBERSHIPS:
Symposium organization for American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, and Optical Society
American Chemical Society, Assessment Committee for the Technology Vision 2020 report
National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Revealing Chemistry Through Advanced Chemical Imaging
PUBLICATIONS:
More than 90 publications and seven patents including:
Novotny, L., and Stranick, S.J., "Near-Field Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Pointed Probes",
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 57, 303-331 (2006)
Beversluis, M.R., Novotny, L., and Stranick, S.J., "Programmable Vector Point-Spread Function Engineering",
Optics Express 14, 2650-2656 (2006)
Kim, H., Bryant, G.W., and Stranick, S.J., "Superresolution Four-Wave Mixing Microscopy", Optics Express
20, 6042-6051 (2012)
Beams, R., Carn;ado, L.G., Krylyuk, S., Kalish, I., Kalanyan, B., Singh, A.K., Choudhary, K., Bruma, A., Vora, P.M., Tavazza, F., Davydov, A.V., and Stranick, S.J., "Characterization of Few-Layer IT' M0Te2 by Polarization-Resolved Second Harmonic Generation and Raman Scattering", ACS Nano JO, 9626-9636 (2016
Oral History of John ‘Jan’ Hall August 5, 2025 National Institute of Standards and Technology [Video Transcript]
No full textOral history of physicist John “Jan” Hall conducted on August 5, 2025, by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Jan discusses his post-doc appointment at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C. and his later moving to Boulder, Colorado to be the second employee of the NBS / University of Colorado Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics or JILA. Other topics covered include JILA’s first home at the Armory and its move to a new building on the university campus; work with Lewis Branscomb, Richard Barger, Dick Deslattes, Ken Evenson, James Faller, and Peter Bender, and with ARPA, the NSF, and LIGO; and research on stabilized lasers, photo detachment, and optical frequency combs. Included separately is an additional written narrative authored by Jan Hall and submitted on the same day as the oral history
THEODORE V. VORBURGER
No full textTHEODOREV.VORBURGER
TENURE AT NBS/NIST: 1972-2009 INDUCTED: 2025
B: 1944, New York City, New York
EDUCATION:
Manhattan College, NY, BS (Physics), 1965
Yale University, MS (Physics), 1966 Yale University, PhD
(Physics), 1969
CITATION: For seminal contributions to the science and technology of surface metrology that underpin a broad range of industry-relevant measurements, and provide a foundational scientific basis for firearm and toolmark forensics
POSITIONS HELD AT NBS/NIST:
Physicist, Optical Physics Division, Institute for Basic Standards (JBS), 1972-1976
Physicist, Mechanics Division, JBS/Mechanical Processes Division and Mechanical Production Metrology Division,
Center for Mechanical Engineering and Process Technology, National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), 1976-1987 Leader, Surface and Particle Metrology Group, Precision Engineering Division, Center for Manufacturing
Engineering, NEL/Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) Laboratory, 1987-1993
Program Analyst, Program Office, Office of the Director, 1993-1994
Leader, Surface and Microform Metrology Group, Precision Engineering Division, MEL, 1994-2009
Acting Deputy Director, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, 2007-2008
Guest Researcher, Physical Measurement Laboratory, 2009-Present
HONORS:
U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal (1992)
NIST William P. Stichter Award (1993)
NIST Bronze Medal (1994)
NIST Edward Bennett Rosa Award (1996)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Dedicated Service Award (2012)
PML Distinguished Associate Award (2019)
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Physical Society ASME Committee B46 on the Classification and Designation of Surface Qualities, Chair
1986-1993
U.S. Delegate and Subject Matter Expert, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) TC 213 Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science
PUBLICATIONS:
More than 200 publications including:
Vorburger, T.V. and Teague, E.C., "Optical Techniques for On-Line Measurement of Surface Topography",
Precision Engineering 3, 61-83 (1981)
Church, E.L., Vorburger, T.V., and Wyant, J.C., "Direct Comparison of Mechanical and Optical Measurement of the
Finish of Precision Machined Optical Surfaces", Optical Engineering 24, 388-395 (1985)
Vorburger, T.V., Dagata, J.A., Wilkening, G., and Iizuka, K., "Industrial Uses of STM and AFM", Annals of the
CIRP 46/2, 597-620 (1997)
Rhee, H., Vorburger, T.V., Lee, J.W., and Fu, J., "Discrepancies between Roughness Measurements Obtained with
Phase-Shifting and White-Light Interferometry", Applied Optics 44, 5919-5927 (2005)
Vorburger, T.V., Song, J.-F., Chu, W., Ma, L., Bui, S.H., Zheng, A., and Renegar, T.B., "Applications of Cross
Correlation Functions", Wear 271, 529-533 (2010)
Vorburger, T.V., Song, J., and Petraco, N., "Topography Measurements and Applications in Ballistics and Tool Mark Identifications", Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties 4, 013002 (2015
GREGORY J. ROSASCO
No full textGREGORY J. ROSASCO
TENURE AT NBS/NIST: 1969-2000; 2002-2006
INDUCTED: 2025
B: 1943, East Rockaway, New York
EDUCATION:
University of Scranton, BS, (Physics and Philosophy), 1964 Fordham University, MS, (Physics), 1966
Fordham University, PhD, (Physics), 1970
CITATION: For excellence in research on the application of Raman spectroscopy to practical measurements and in the management of NIST technical divisions with highest dedication
POSITIONS HELD AT NBS/NIST:
NAS/NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, Inorganic Materials Division, Institute for Materials Research (IMR),
1969-1971
Research Physicist, Inorganic Materials Division, IMR, 1971-1978
Program Analyst, Program Office, Office of the Associate Director for Programs, Budget, and Finance, 1978-1979 Research Physicist, Temperature Measurements and Standards Division, Center for Absolute Physical
Quantities/Temperature and Pressure Division, Center for Basic Standards, National Measurement Laboratory
(NML), 1980-1988
Leader, Optical Measurements Group, Chemical Process Metrology Division, Center for Chemical Technology,
NML/Reacting Flows Group, Process Measurements Division, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
(CSTL), 1988-1992
Chief, Process Measurements Division, CSTL, 1992-2000
Chief (Rehired Annuitant), Physical and Chemical Properties Division, CSTL, 2002-2006
HONORS:
National Bureau of Standards Applied Research Award (1976)
U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medals (1992 and 1999)
MEMBERSHIPS:
ASTM Subcommittee E 13 .08 on Raman Spectroscopy ( 197 4-78)
National Research Council, Numerical Data Advisory Board ( 1976-78)
National Steering Committee on Supercritical Water Oxidation (1994-1995)
Technical Advisory Committee on Thermal Treatment of Chemical Wastes (1994-97)
Industrial Advisory Board, Center for Process Analytical Chemistry, University of Washington ( 1997-2000)
PUBLICATIONS:
More than 70 publications including:
Rosasco, G.J., Roedder, E., and Simmons, J.H., "Laser-Excited Raman Spectroscopy for Nondestructive Partial
Analysis oflndividual Phases in Fluid Inclusions in Minerals", Science, 190 (4214), 557-560 (1975)
Blaha, J.J., Rosasco, G.J., and Etz, E.S., "Raman Microprobe Characterization'ofResidual Carbonaceous Material
Associated with Urban Airborne Particulates", Applied Spectroscopy, 32 (3), 292-297 (1978)
Rosasco, G.J., "Raman Microprobe Spectroscopy", Advances in Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy, Eds: R.J.H.
Clarke and R.E. Hester, Vol. 7, 223-282, Heyden and Son Ltd., London (1980)
Rosasco, G.J. and Hurst, W.S., "Q Branch Line Shape Functions for CARS Thermometry", Temperature: Its
Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, Vol. 6, 655-660, Ed: J.P. Schooley, Amer. Inst. Phys. (1992) Bean, V.E., Bowers, W.J., Jr., Hurst, W.S., and Rosasco, G.J., "Development of a Primary Standard for the
Measurement of Dynamic Pressure and Temperature", Metrologia, 30, 747-750 (1994)
Gillespie, W.D., Hahn, J.W., Bowers, W.J., Hurst, W.S., and Rosasco, G.J., "Broadband D2 Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy for Single-Shot Pressure and Temperature Determination with a Fabry-Perot Etalon", Applied Optics, 38 (3),534-544 (1999)
Screenshot of John ‘Jan’ Hall from August 5, 2025 Oral History Interview
No full textImage of John 'Jan' Hall. Screenshot taken from video oral history interview, Aug. 5, 2025
Oral History of John ‘Jan’ Hall, August 5, 2025
No full textOral history of physicist John “Jan” Hall conducted on August 5, 2025, by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Jan discusses his post-doc appointment at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C. and his later moving to Boulder, Colorado to be the second employee of the NBS / University of Colorado Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics or JILA. Other topics covered include JILA’s first home at the Armory and its move to a new building on the university campus; work with Lewis Branscomb, Richard Barger, Dick Deslattes, Ken Evenson, James Faller, and Peter Bender, and with ARPA, the NSF, and LIGO; and research on stabilized lasers, photo detachment, and optical frequency combs. Included separately is an additional written narrative authored by Jan Hall and submitted on the same day as the oral history