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![]() SMSI Award 20192018 August Köhler Award – James Solliday
Mr. Solliday has taught workshops on diatoms, illumination methods, staining, photomicrography, microscope maintenance, and the history and identification of antique microscopes. He has published dozens of microscopy articles, including contributions to the MSSC, San Francisco Microscopical Society, Los Angeles Microscopical Society, and The Quekett Journal of Microscopy. He was instrumental in obtaining and donating surplus microscopes to area schools, and has been a regular visiting lecturer to local classrooms. For 35 years, Mr. Solliday has operated his own business called Educational Photo Lab, which specializes in photomicrography. He has produced photomicrographs for Hollywood movies, documentaries, litigation exhibits, contamination analysis, authors, Ph.D. students, and publishers, with more than 450 microscope images published in textbooks. Beyond the micro world, he served for 31 years as a professional firefighter and medical technician for the city of Costa Mesa, CA. | History | 1967-1979 | 1980-1999 | 2000 | 2001-2004 | 2005 | 2006-2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
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