Person in history
Eugene I. Gordon
Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (born 1930)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2014 · September 15
- Known as
- physicist, engineer. Citizenship: United States
Their story
Who they were
Biography Gordon was born on September 14, 1930, in New York City . He graduated from the City College of New York in 1952 with a B.S. in physics, and completed his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1957. [ 1 ] He became director of the Lightwave Devices Laboratory of Bell Labs . He married Renate Albrecht on December 31, 1991. He died on September 15, 2014, in Scotch Plains, New Jersey . [ 2 ] ^ "Eugene I. Gordon" . GHN - IEEE Global History Network .
Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (born 1930)
Early life
Educated at: City College of New York and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Path and career
Awards / honours: Edison Medal and IEEE Fellow.
Honors and awards IEEE Edison Medal in 1984 [ 1 ] member, National Academy of Engineering in 1978 [ 2 ] IEEE Vladimir K. Zworykin Award in 1975 [ 3 ] Fellow, IEEE 1968 ^ IEEE History Center biography ^ NAE Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine ^ List of IEEE Vladimir K. Zworykin Award recipients
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