Jon Torger Hougen (23 October 1936 in Sheboygan – 28 January 2019 in Taipei) was an American spectroscopist.
[1] He started his career in 1960 as a postdoctorate fellow at the National Research Council of Canada[1] in the molecular spectroscopy group of Gerhard Herzberg.
[1] His research focused on quantum mechanical and group theoretical calculations of quantities related to molecular spectroscopy.
[1] Three of his most-cited publications are: He spoke several languages: French, French-Canadian, German, Czech, Japanese, and Mandarin in addition to English.
In addition, Hougen received the following awards: The Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy dedicated two special issues to him in honor of his 68th and 80th birthday.