astronomical telescopes cameras and other precision instruments founded c. 1946 founder harry b. boller and clyde c. chivens headquarters south pasadena california united states website bollerandchivens.com archival site the baker nunn satellite tracking camera . the ruth crisp telescope at the carter observatory in wellington new zealand a 41 cm 16 inch cassegrain reflector built by boller and chivens . boller and chivens was an american manufacturer of high quality telescopes and spectrographs headquartered in south pasadena california . contents 1 history 2 in culture 3 notes and references 4 external links history edit founded about 1946 by harry berthold boller 1915 1997 and clyde cuthbertson chivens 1915 2008 . 1 the company was acquired in 1965 by perkin elmer . 2 in the 1950s boller and chivens collaborated with perkin elmer to develop and manufacture the large aperture baker nunn satellite tracking camera for the united states vanguard space satellite program . 3 in culture edit a 41 cm 16 inch boller and chivens cassegrain reflector originally housed at the harvard smithsonian oak ridge observatory in massachusetts is available for public use at the national air and space museum s public observatory project on the national mall in washington dc . 4 notes and references edit approximate year of founding is given by peter abrahams in a blog posting reproduced at 1 . harry boller and clyde chivens were engineers with degrees from california institute of technology . see oral history transcript dr. ira bowen august 26 1969 at 2 . chivens was in the class of 1935 . see clyde chivens obituary the tribune san luis obispo ca march 4 2008 . see also california institute of technology engineering and science news of classes volume 1 4 march 1938 at 3 . chivens worked in the office of scientific research and development during world war ii . see folder 2.9 containing osrd report by chivens in guide to the joseph foladare papers 1943 1946 at 4 . harry boller and clyde chivens were also associated in a firm called high vacuum electronics later called kilovac now part of tyco electronics incorporated in california in 1964 . see articles of incorporation at 5 . a photo of chivens left boller center and baker nunn camera co developer joseph nunn right may be viewed at 6 . birth and death dates from social security death index . perkin elmer buys california corporation hartford courant hartford ct march 4 1965 p. 38 . nasa vanguard a history chapter 9 the tracking systems see note 17 . nasm airspace blog march 29 2009 . and nasm public observatory project external links edit www.bollerandchivens.com a site by former employee don winans documenting the products made by boller and chivens . accessed 23 january 2012 . blog posting asking help identifying details of boller and chivens image collection march 12 2009 . boller and chivens image directory retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title boller and chivens & oldid 647125569 categories companies established in the 1940scompanies disestablished in 1965technology companies of the united statestelescope manufacturersinstrument making corporationsdefunct companies based in californiasouth pasadena california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages l tzebuergesch edit links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 17 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view