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Nationality
  
American

Notable awards
  
Fields
  
Physics


Role
  
Physicist

Name
  
Eugene Gordon

Awards
  
IEEE Edison Medal


Born
  
September 14, 1930New York, New York (
1930-09-14
)

Alma mater
  
City College of New YorkMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Died
  
September 15, 2014, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, United States

Eugene Irving Gordon (September 14, 1930 – September 15, 2014) was an American physicist. He was Director of the Lightwave Devices Laboratory of Bell Labs.

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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. 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.

Honors and awards

  • IEEE Edison Medal in 1984
  • member, National Academy of Engineering in 1978
  • IEEE Vladimir K. Zworykin Award in 1975
  • Fellow, IEEE 1968
  • References

    Eugene I. Gordon Wikipedia


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