The Joseph A. Castellano LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) materials

Collection

Identifier: 2010-019

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1060643~S6

The collection focuses on U.S. patents issued rather than actual technical data. The material is in the form of scrapbook containing documents and photographs. There is also a CD containing this same material in Abode PDF format and a framed copy of the first page of the U.S. patent.

Dates

Creation: 1966-2010
Creation: Majority of material found within 1966-1972

Language of Materials

Text in English.

Biographical sketch

Joseph A. Castellano received his doctoral degree from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He began his career at Witco, but by 1965 had joined the RCA Laboratories in Princeton, NJ. There, with Joel A. Goldmacher, he performed pioneering research in liquid crystal materials and displays. He was the recipient of RCA Laboratories Outstanding Achievement Award in 1966 and, in 1969, was awarded the David Sarnoff Outstanding Achievement Award for his work in this field. In 1973 Castellano joined Princeton Materials Science, Inc., one of the world's first LCVD watch manufacturers.