Horace Furumoto, the founder of Wayland-based Candela Corp. has died at 75.
The company said Furumoto died June 28 in Wellesley.
Furumoto founded Candela, a maker of custom lasers for use in the sciences, in 1970. He led the company into the medical arena in 1981, the company said.
Before founding Candela, Furumoto held positions at NASA and Avco. He was president and CEO of Candela until 1990. He then founded Cynosure Inc., where he was president and CEO until he retired in 2003.
