DeathSeptember 152014

Eugene I. Gordon

Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (born 1930)

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When
Monday, September 15 201412 years ago
Category
DeathA notable person who died on this day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
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Person
Eugene I. Gordon

At a glance

Born 1930-09-14; died 2014-09-15.

Known as: physicist and engineer. Citizenship: United States.

Listed as: human.

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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Eugene I. Gordon appears on our September 15 calendar for 2014 as a death entry.

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