John B. MacChesney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetJohn B. MacChesney
American chemist
Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1929
Place of Birth: Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About John B. MacChesney
- John Burnette MacChesney II (born July 8, 1929) is a Bell Labs pioneer in optical communication, best known for his 1974 invention of the modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD) process with colleague P.B.
- O'Connor, and for co-inventing high-purity "sol-gel" overcladding for optical fiber in the early 1980s.
- These inventions were key to the commercial manufacture of optical fiber.
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