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American scientist (1930–2025)

George Elwood Smith (May 10, 1930 – May 28, 2025) was an American scientist, applied physicist, and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD). He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor, which has become an electronic eye in almost all areas of photography".[2]

Smith was born in White Plains, New York. Smith served in the US Navy, and subsequently obtained his B.Sc. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1955 and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1959 with a dissertation of only eight pages.[3]

Smith worked at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, from 1959 to his retirement in 1986, where he led research into novel lasers and semiconductor devices. During his tenure, Smith was awarded dozens of patents and eventually headed the VLSI device department.[4]

In 1969, Smith and Willard Boyle invented the charge-coupled device (CCD),[5] for which they have jointly received the Franklin Institute's Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1973, the 1974 IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award, the 2006 Charles Stark Draper Prize, and the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Both Boyle and Smith were avid sailors who took many trips together. After retirement Smith sailed around the world with his life partner, Janet, for seventeen years, eventually giving up his hobby in 2003 to "spare his 'creaky bones' from further storms".[4] He resided in the Waretown section of Ocean Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.[6]

Later life and death[edit]

In 2015, Smith was awarded the Progress Medal and Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society. He was a member of Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and American Physical Society and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.[7]

In 2017, Smith was announced as one of four winners of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, for his contribution to the creation of digital imaging sensors.[8]

Smith died at his home in Barnegat Township, New Jersey, on May 28, 2025, 18 days after his 95th birthday.[9]

  1. ^ "Profile at MyPenn". University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2023-01-09.
  2. ^ The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009, Nobel Foundation, 2009-10-06, retrieved 2009-10-06.
  3. ^ The Anomalous Skin Effect in Bismuth, University of Chicago, 1959-12-06, ProQuest 301893432
  4. ^ a b PROFILE: George Smith – Nobel winner and world sailor, EarthTimes, 2009-10-06, archived from the original on 2012-09-05, retrieved 2009-10-06.
  5. ^ Smith, George E. (2009). Karl Grandin (ed.). Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2009. Stockholm: The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  6. ^ Staff. "NJ man's discovery lands Nobel Prize", WPVI-TV, October 6, 2009. Accessed November 27, 2013. "George E. Smith, 79, holds a display with a photograph of the first video telephone and some early CCD chips at his home in Waretown, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, after it was announced that he had won the Nobel Prize in physics."
  7. ^ "Dr. George E. Smith". National Academy of Engineering.
  8. ^ "2017 QEPrize Winners". Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  9. ^ Loeb McClain, Dylan (May 30, 2025). "George E. Smith, Nobel Winner Who Created a Digital Eye, Dies at 95". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2025.

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