Response to Laser History Project Survey, ca. 1983.

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Response to Laser History Project Survey, ca. 1983.

Letter from Betsy T. Wainwright to Florence Cayer, coordinator of the New York Association for the Blind, recommending L'Esperance for the 1983 Lighthouse Pisart Vision Award. The letter summarizes his major achievements, including the development of the argon laser photocoagulation system and the frequency-doubled neodymium-YAG opthalmic laser system; the introduction to opthalmology of the krypton laser photocoagulation system; and his work with carbon dioxide lasers and organic liquid continuous-wave dye lasers in opthalmology. File also includes a curriculum vitae and list of publications.

13 pp.

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L'Esperance, Francis A., 1932-

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New York Association for the Blind

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