American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry's Award in Chemical Instrumentation. Robert Brattain described Cary's approach to instrument design, when giving the award. In 1969, Cary was awarded the David Richardson Medal by the Optical Society of America. Cary was honored for: "his painstakingly careful and very valuable contributions to the design and production of highly precise instrumentation in areas which range from spectroscopy to chemical, medical and nuclear research." In 1977, Howard Cary received the Maurice F. Hasler Award at Pittcon "for his pioneering leadership in the development of instrumentation for absorption and Raman spectroscopy". Patents Cary is listed on a considerable number of patents for his work at National Technical Laboratories and Cary Instruments, often as "Henry H. Cary" or "H. H. Cary". They include: "Automatic voltage and pH indicator", February 18, 1941, for the Beckman pH meter "Apparatus for amplifying direct current voltages and currents", February 18, 1941, for the Beckman pH meter "Method and apparatus for winding resistance elements", December 9, 1952, for the Beckman Helipot potentiometer "Infrared spectrophotometer", July 31, 1951, for the Beckman IR-2 spectrophotometer "Double folded-z-configuration monochromator". This monochromator is the heart of the Cary Model 14 UV-VIS Spectrophotometer. The monochromator patent drawings also show the dual beam configuration with the optical chopper, etc. as an example. "Raman spectrophotometer", June 14, 1960. Publications Professional service Optical Society of California, co-founder and first president, formed in 1951 Instrumentation Society of America, president Western Spectroscopy Association, executive committee American Physical Society, member American Chemical Society, member Institute of Radio Engineers, member Society for Applied Spectroscopy, member External links There are papers relating to Howard Cary in the References 1908 births 1991 deaths American scientific instrument makers People from Los Angeles Los Angeles High School alumni California Institute of Technology alumni Engineers from California American civil engineers American Physical Society Deaths from pneumonia in California 20th-century American engineers 20th-century American inventors