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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

William H. Hayt. Jr. (deceased) received his B.S. and M.S. degrees at Purdue Uni-
versity and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. After spending four years in
industry, Professor Hayt joined the faculty of Purdue University, where he served as
professor and head of the School of Electrical Engineering, and as professor emeritus
after retiring in 1986. Professor Hayt’s professional society memberships included
Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Sigma Delta Chi, Fellow of IEEE, ASEE, and
NAEB. While at Purdue, he received numerous teaching awards, including the uni-
versity’s Best Teacher Award. He is also listed in Purdue’s Book of Great Teachers, a
permanent wall display in the Purdue Memorial Union, dedicated on April 23, 1999.
The book bears the names of the inaugural group of 225 faculty members, past and
present, who have devoted their lives to excellence in teaching and scholarship. They
were chosen by their students and their peers as Purdue’s finest educators.

A native of Los Angeles, California, John A. Buck received his M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in
1977 and 1982, and his B.S. in Engineering from UCLA in 1975. In 1982, he joined
the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech,
where he has remained for the past 28 years. His research areas and publications
have centered within the fields of ultrafast switching, nonlinear optics, and optical
fiber communications. He is the author of the graduate text Fundamentals of Optical
Fibers (Wiley Interscience), which is now in its second edition. Awards include three
institute teaching awards and the IEEE Third Millenium Medal. When not glued to
his computer or confined to the lab, Dr. Buck enjoys music, hiking, and photography.