Benton, Stephen A., 1941-2003 (CAVS Director 1996-2003)
Dates
- Existence: 1941 - 2003-11-09
Biography
From: http://act.mit.edu/cavs/person/rK2x6kntSczQ7pTNwGo8JL
Stephen Benton was the inventor of the rainbow hologram. After receiving an electrical engineering undergraduate degree from MIT in 1963, he worked with MIT Professor Harold "Doc" Edgerton, a pioneer in stroboscopy, and at Polaroid Corporation in Edwin Land's vision research laboratory. He became a visiting scientist at MIT's Laser Research Center in 1980, founding the Spatial Imaging Group in 1982. He also became a founding faculty member of the Media Lab in 1984. In 1996 he became the director of the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies until his death in 2003.