Stephen D. Fantone

Stephen D. Fantone is an American businessman and optical engineer. A graduate of the University of Rochester, he founded the instrumentation firm Optikos.[1] He is a fellow of SPIE and of Optica and served as the latter organization's president in 2020.[2][3] Optica renamed its award for distinguished service in his honor in 2013, and award of which he was a recipient in 2007.[4]

In the late 1990s, Fantone consulted on the lensing system for Fisher-Price's revised View-Master toy.[5]

From 2012 through 2020, Fantone chaired the board of directors of the Pioneer Institute, a free-market think tank in Massachusetts.[6] Fantone is also president of the Partnership for Massachusetts' Future, an advocacy group of business organizations and entrepreneurs founded in response to Raise Up Massachusetts, a pro-labor advocacy coalition.[7]

  1. ^ "Optical Engineer to Receive 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award". University of Rochester. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  2. ^ "Dr. Stephen D. Fantone". SPIE. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  3. ^ "Stephen D. Fantone". Optica. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  4. ^ "Optical Society Award Renamed For Fantone". Patch.com. 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  5. ^ Design Secrets: Products. Rockport Publishers. 2001. p. 92. ISBN 1-56496-638-0. OCLC 953130364.
  6. ^ "Pioneer Institute Announces New Chair of the Board of Directors". 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  7. ^ Chesto, Jon (2021-06-10). "After State House loss, business leaders will need to regroup on higher-earners tax fight". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2021-08-21.