{"id":75512,"date":"2023-11-21T14:36:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T14:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/?p=75512"},"modified":"2023-12-04T20:46:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T20:46:11","slug":"celebrating-a-legacy-in-optics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/2023\/11\/21\/celebrating-a-legacy-in-optics\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating a legacy in optics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image=&#8221;75642&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;150px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1700577381564{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;background-color: rgba(24,41,87,0.8) !important;*background-color: rgb(24,41,87) !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Celebrating a legacy in optics<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;150px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#7eb1dc&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"rev-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Tina E. Kidger and Emery L. Moore establish distinguished professorship of optics as part of the Wyant Challenge<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75562\" style=\"width: 402px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75562\" class=\" wp-image-75562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kidger-and-Moore_resize-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Kidger and Emery Moore\" width=\"392\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kidger-and-Moore_resize-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kidger-and-Moore_resize-1018x1024.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kidger-and-Moore_resize-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kidger-and-Moore_resize-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kidger-and-Moore_resize-1527x1536.jpg 1527w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kidger-and-Moore_resize-2036x2048.jpg 2036w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kidger-and-Moore_resize-700x704.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-75562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tina Kidger and Emery Moore<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A couple deeply connected to optics is enhancing the field\u2019s future by endowing the Kidger-Moore Distinguished Professorship in Optics at the URochester. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidger.com\/tek_bio.html\">Tina E. Kidger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/elmonics.com\/ELM%20Bio%2001.htm\">Emery L. Moore\u2019s<\/a> generous gift to the University will be matched with funds through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/institute-of-optics-aims-for-50-percent-increase-in-faculty-533792\/\">the Wyant Challenge<\/a>, established by Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ life trustee James C. Wyant \u201969 (PhD) and his wife, Tammy. This challenge aims to increase faculty at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/optics\/index.html\">Institute of Optics<\/a> by 50 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Kidger and Moore have both been associated with optics for more than 40 years and say they feel most at home when they are with those from the optics community. When they learned about the Wyant Challenge, they saw an opportunity to support the Institute of Optics\u2013one of the world\u2019s premier optics programs\u2013and ensure the optics community will continue to thrive for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were looking for some way to create a legacy and the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ was an obvious choice,\u201d says Moore. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the best educational centers in the world for optical science. To have our name associated with the University and the Institute of Optics was important to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>University President Sarah Mangelsdorf says the gift highlights Rochester\u2019s leading role in optics. As one of the institution\u2019s areas of distinction, optics is a key part of the <strong>University\u2019s 2030<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/boundless.rochester.edu\/\"><strong>Strategic Plan<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cThanks to Tina and Emery, and all of our generous supporters of the Wyant Challenge, we will continue to recruit top-tier faculty members as part of our long legacy in researching and developing transformational technologies in optics and related fields,\u201d Mangelsdorf says. \u201cWe appreciate Tina and Emery\u2019s support as we all work to advance Rochester\u2019s leadership and distinction as a research university of global impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Kidger and Moore are not Rochester alumni, their connection to the University dates back more than a century. Dr. Edward Mott Moore was the son of Emery Moore\u2019s great, great uncle, Lindley M. Moore. For many years in the mid to late 19th century, Dr. Mott Moore was president of the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½\u2019s Board of Trustees as well as president of the Rochester Parks Commission from its founding in 1888 until his death in 1902. Dubbed the founding father of Rochester\u2019s park system, he is memorialized with a statue in Genesee Valley Park.<\/p>\n<p>Tina Kidger and her late first husband Michael J. Kidger also have a connection to the University through their long-standing professional association with Imperial College London (ICL). Early in her career, Kidger met Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake\u2014two of the Institute of Optics\u2019 founding faculty members who came from ICL\u2014at a Society of Photo-Optical Instrumental Engineers (SPIE) conference. SPIE is one of the premier professional societies for optics and photonics science, engineering, and technology. Tina was pleasantly surprised when a researcher as distinguished as Hilda Kingslake took an interest in the optical design software she was exhibiting. Kidger would go on to write about the Kingslakes\u2019 lasting impact in optics through a paper: SPIE manuscript 10021-22, \u201cThe Optical Legacy of Imperial College London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout their professional lives, the couple has been deeply involved with SPIE. Moore is a former officer and president of the society while Kidger has been involved for decades as a volunteer leader. She continues to help SPIE plan its symposia and was honored by the organization as an SPIE fellow in 2022. Through the society, they grew to know Jim Wyant, furthering their connections to Rochester.<\/p>\n<p>Tina Kidger annually awards (with administrative support from SPIE) the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidger.com\/mkms_home.html\">Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship<\/a> to a student engaged in optical design including lens design, illumination design, and computational optical design. Six of the 24 Kidger Scholars to date have come from the URochester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very important for students and graduates to have a considerable understanding of optical design,\u201d says Kidger. \u201cWhile other universities have programs specializing in optics, there is none superior to the program at the URochester\u2019s Institute of Optics.\u201d She adds that the program at the University of Arizona\u2019s Wyant College of Optical Sciences is of similar caliber.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/optics\/people\/faculty\/brown_thomas\/index.html\">Thomas Brown<\/a>, the director of the Institute of Optics and a Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor, says the search for the first Kidger-Moore Distinguished Professor is expected to begin in late 2025. Professor Brown says he is excited to find a candidate who can do justice to Kidger and Moore\u2019s legacy in optics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTina and Emery have a deep appreciation for the historical roots of the Institute, but an equal appreciation for its present and future prospects,\u201d says Brown. \u201cThrough Tina\u2019s annual Michael J. Kidger Memorial Scholarship, the couple has already recognized many of the Institute\u2019s students. The Kidger-Moore Distinguished Professorship at Rochester is a further investment toward advancing the future of the Institute and the industry. We are extremely grateful to Tina and Emery for the impact that their generosity will have on the future of the Institute of Optics, the URochester, and generations of students to come.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#00205b&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Get involved<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">For more information on the <a style=\"color: #ffc70a;\" href=\"\/advancement\/james-c-wyant-67-ms-69-phd-21-honorary-and-tammy-wyant-commit-12m-to-the-institute-of-optics-to-strengthen-its-preeminent-status\/\">Wyant Optics Challenge<\/a> and how to support the Institute of Optics, contact <a style=\"color: #ffc70a;\" href=\"mailto: derek.swanson@rochester.edu\">Derek Swanson<\/a>, director of Hajim Advancement.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1700579220053{border-top-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;border-top-color: #999999 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong>\u2014Luke Auburn, fall 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple deeply connected to optics is enhancing the field\u2019s future by endowing the Kidger-Moore Distinguished Professorship in Optics at the URochester. Tina E. Kidger and Emery L. Moore\u2019s generous gift to the University will be matched with funds through the Wyant Challenge, established by Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ life trustee James C. Wyant \u201969 (PhD) and his wife, Tammy. 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