Naval Research Laboratory

He then went on to lead the quantum electronics group of the Night Vision Laboratory at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, and from 1971 to 1999, he served in various positions in the Optical Sciences Division at the Naval Research Laboratory.

Leon Esterowitz: Laser pioneer applied his science to national defense and health care 2011

Earlier in his career, he was a physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington.

John L. 'Jack' Donley, physicist Post 2011

Naval Research Laboratory as a chemist and physicist for 30 years before retiring in 1977.

Frank Creel; Marion Gaines III; J. Paul Hile; Ruth Jones; Russell Kirk; Rita Landers 2010

After serving as a Navy signalman during World War II, Mr. Cleland returned to Washington to build schools, stores, cemeteries, apartment houses, the Social Security Building, the Naval Research Laboratory and the D.C. Armory.

A Local Life: Peter 'Billy' Cleland, 88; master stonemason 2010

Throughout five decades of federal service at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Peter Wilhelm has been involved in the development, deployment and operation of more than 95 satellites critical to the nation's defense, its intelligence gathering capabilities and to major scientific advancements.

The man who helped put America's spy eye in the sky 2010

Naval Research Laboratory as a chemist and physicist for 30 years before retiring in 1977.

J. Paul Hile; Russell D. Kirk; Rhonda J. Crane; Virginia Sullivan-Jones; Douglas N. Sullivan; Tony Wolfe; Lenwood O. Trammelle Sr.; Samuel H. Rickard III; Walter G. Walker Jr. 2010

He founded M.C. Dean in 1949 and built his business by working on such projects as National Airport, Bolling Air Force Base and the Naval Research Laboratory.

Marion C. Dean; Charles V. Gorsey 2010

Much of his early professional life was with the Naval Research Laboratory.

Thomas A. 'Pat' Blake, Thomas McCarthy, Elizabeth 'Bishie' Beatty, Paul A. Caldwell, Joe Rinaldi die 2010

Much of his early professional life was with the Naval Research Laboratory.

Thomas A. 'Pat' Blake, Thomas McCarthy, Elizabeth 'Bishie' Beatty, Paul A. Caldwell, Joe Rinaldi die 2010

Government service: Joined the Naval Research Laboratory as a junior engineer in 1959 and by 1965 had become the head of the satellite group, which has grown in size and importance over the years from a branch to a division to a center, and now to a directorate.

Peter Wilhelm helped put America's spy eye in the sky 2010