sentences:  He earned a BS in Engineering Physics from Cornell University in 1053, where he was selected for membership in the Quill and Dagger society.In 1960 he earned a Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from the California Institute of Technology while working as a Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1958-60.In 1964 Gourdine founded a research and development firm, Gourdine Laboratories, in Livingston, New Jersey.