In 1964 the first issue of The Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology appeared.
The editor was Daniel Alpert.

Alpert was one of the inventors of the Bayard-Alpert ionization gauge at Westinghouse, and then led a talented group in the development of the technology for the attainment of ultrahigh vacuum in a routine manner. JVST Editor 1964-1966. Honorary Member 1967. Gaede-Langmuir 1980. Fellow 1994.