Eugene I. Gordon
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|birth_place = New York, New York
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|death_place = Scotch Plains, New Jersey
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|nationality = American
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|fields = Physics
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|alma_mater = City College of New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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|awards = IEEE Edison Medal {{small|(1984)}}
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Eugene Irving Gordon (September 14, 1930 – September 15, 2014) was an American physicist. He was Director of the Lightwave Devices Laboratory of Bell Labs.
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.{{cite web|title=Eugene I. Gordon|url=http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Eugene_I._Gordon|website=GHN - IEEE Global History Network|accessdate=16 September 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?pid=172476312|title=Eugene I. Gordon|website=The Star Ledger|accessdate=16 September 2014}}
Honors and awards
- IEEE Edison Medal in 1984[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Eugene_I._Gordon IEEE History Center biography]
- member, National Academy of Engineering in 1978[http://www.nae.edu/nae/naepub.nsf/Members+By+UNID/918886A30A8F319985256FFC004A428A?opendocument NAE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024051713/http://www.nae.edu/nae/naepub.nsf/Members+By+UNID/918886A30A8F319985256FFC004A428A?opendocument |date=2008-10-24 }}
- IEEE Vladimir K. Zworykin Award in 1975[https://web.archive.org/web/20070515194648/http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/zworkpr.html List of IEEE Vladimir K. Zworykin Award recipients]
- Fellow, IEEE 1968
References
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{{IEEE Edison Medal 1976-2000}}
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Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
Category:IEEE Edison Medal recipients
Category:Scientists from New York City
Category:City College of New York alumni
Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni