Henry Howard Cary
1908 - 1991
Henry Howard Cary was the first President of the Optical Society of Southern California when it was formed in 1951. He was co-founder and chairman of the board of Cary Instruments, originally Applied Physics Corporation in Monrovia, California, and a member of the Varian board of Directors.
For a short biography see Godfrey, Tom "HOWARD CARY (1908-1991)," OSSC, http://www.ossc.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=239344&module_id=61898 (accessed 09/02/2014)