What is the Optical Women's Association's Pleiades Award?

The Pleiades Award was created to honor one individual (man or woman), each year, who has shown exceptional support of the OWA and of women in the optical industry.

This award is named after the star cluster "The Pleiades" in the constellation of Taurus. "The Pleiades" is also known as the "Seven Sisters" - referring to the seven brightest stars in the cluster. According to Greek mythology, each star was named after the seven daughters of Atlas who were turned into stars by Zeus. Together these stars create one of the brightest clusters visible in the northern hemisphere, just as by working together, the women of the OWA have created an organization that is bigger and brighter than the sum of their individual efforts.

2010 OWA Pleiades Honoree

Past Honorees

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