Research Frontiers Promotes Joseph M. Harary to Executive Vice President
13 December 1999
Research Frontiers Promotes Joseph M. Harary to Executive Vice President
WOODBURY, NY--Dec. 13, 1999--Research Frontiers Incorporated announced today that its Board of Directors has promoted Joseph M. Harary to the office of Executive Vice President. Mr. Harary is also General Counsel to Research Frontiers and has been a director of the Company since February 1993.Mr. Harary became Vice President and General Counsel to the Company in April 1992. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Columbia College in 1983 with an A.B. degree in economics, and received a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School in 1986. While at Columbia Law School, Mr. Harary was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar as well as an editor of the Columbia Law Review. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Harary was an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In addition to serving as its legal counsel, Mr. Harary has actively been involved with all aspects of the company's business including marketing, licensing, government relations, raising private and public equity capital, and related activities. While in private practice, Mr. Harary's corporate law practice emphasized mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing, securities law, and intellectual property law. Mr. Harary has also published several articles in the fields of intellectual property and corporate law, as well as articles relating to smart windows.
"Joe Harary has demonstrated outstanding ability in many aspects of our business, and we are exceptionally pleased to recognize his achievements through this promotion." said Robert L. Saxe, President of Research Frontiers.
Research Frontiers is a technological leader in the development and licensing of suspended particle devices (SPDs) - electrically operated light control devices using proprietary particle suspensions and films. SPD technology permits light transmission to be electrically controlled instantly either automatically by means of a photocell or other sensing or control device, or adjusted manually by the user. Devices which can use SPD technology include variable light transmission 'smart' windows, variable light transmission eyewear (including prescription and non-prescription sunglasses and sports goggles), self-dimmable automotive sunroofs, sunvisors and rear-view mirrors, as well as enabling brighter easier to read flat panel information displays for use in computers, television, telephones and other electronic instruments. Research Frontiers currently has agreements in effect covering smart windows, automotive mirrors and sunvisors, eyewear, displays and other products with major international corporations and holds or has rights in about 350 patents and patent applications on SPD technology throughout the world. Additional information about Research Frontiers can be found on the Internet at http://www.refr-spd.com.