(May 24, 2010)

On May 24, 2010, Dr. Watson received the Fellow Award from the Society for Information Display (SID). The citation for the award reads: "For his outstanding contributions to both basic and applied vision science, including applications to image quality metrics, image compression and psychophysically-based display measurements."

The membership grade of Fellow is one of unusual professional distinction conferred by the Board of Directors, acting on the recommendation of the Honors and Awards Committee, upon a SID member of outstanding qualifications and experience as a scientist or engineer in the field of information display who has made widely recognized and significant contributions to the advancement of the display field.

The SID is a 6000 member organization of professionals in the technical and business disciplines that relate to display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing, and sales.