Lee W. Casperson served as a university professor and sometimes department chair for over forty-five years. He has more than two hundred research publications and is listed in Who's Who in America. He is also a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the Optical Society of America (OSA), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He and his wife Susan live in Ewing, New Jersey. They have four children and eight grandchildren.