David Rank

File:RKE Eyepiece David Rank.png developed by Rank]] David Herr Rank (January 2, 1907 – January 17, 1981) was an American spectroscopist.

Rank was born in Annville, Pennsylvania and attended Lebanon Valley College in his hometown.{{cite news |title=David H. Rank |url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/history/biographies/david_h_rank/ |accessdate=July 28, 2018 |publisher=Optical Society of America}} He pursued graduate study at Pennsylvania State University beginning in 1930 and joined the faculty in 1935. Rank was appointed the Evan Pugh Professor in Physics in 1961.{{cite news |title=Evan Pugh Professors |url=https://www.research.psu.edu/ovpr/faculty-honors/evan-pugh |accessdate=July 29, 2018 |publisher=Pennsylvania State University}} He retired in 1972 and died at Centre County Community Hospital in State College, Pennsylvania, on January 17, 1981, aged 74.{{cite news |title=David Rank, a Physicist Known for Optics Work |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/19/obituaries/david-rank-a-physicist-known-for-optics-work.html |accessdate=July 29, 2018 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=January 18, 1981}}

He was a Fellow of The Optical Society and APS, and he received the Frederic Ives Medal in 1969.{{Cite web |title=Optica Publishing Group |url=https://opg.optica.org/josa/viewmedia.cfm?uri=josa-71-9-1148&html=true |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=opg.optica.org}}