Peter C. Schultz, Ph.D. (born 3 December 1942), is co-inventor of the fiber optics now used worldwide for telecommunications. Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ...

He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1993, and in 2000 received the National Medal of Technology from President Bill Clinton. The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that honors important inventors from the United States. ... The National Medal of Technology is an honor granted by the President of the United States to inventors and innovators that have made significant contributions to the development of new and important technology. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...

He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001.^[1] Founded in 1964, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in the United States provides engineering leadership in service to the nation. ...

Schultz is a retired business executive and makes his home in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands and also in Essex, New York. Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. ... Essex is a town located in Essex County, New York. ...