Gordon Teal: Biography Born: 10 January 1907 Died: 7 January
2003 Early Life and Education Gordon Kidd Teal was born in
Dallas, Texas, on 10 January 1907, and educated in the Dallas
School System. He earned the Bachelor of Arts degree in
mathematics and chemistry "with honor" at Baylor University in
three years. He then entered Brown University for graduate study
leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy
degrees. There he was a Marston Scholar, University Fellow,
Metcalf Fellow and received a University Scholarship. His thesis
involved studies and investigation of the chemical-electrical
properties of germanium. In 1930, Teal began his career of
creative research and innovation at Bell Telephone Laboratories
at the invitation of Drs. R. R. Williams and Robert M. Burns.
His personal research resulted in forty-five patents and a
number of key papers on the preparation and control of
electronic materials in order to achieve and understand
reproducible physical properties of scientific and technol