What is Eugene I. Gordon?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Eugene Irving Gordon |image = Eugene I. Gordon.jpg |caption = Eugene Irving Gordon |birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|9|14|mf=yes}} |birth_place = [[New York City|New York, New York]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|9|15|1930|9|14|mf=yes}} |death_place = [[Scotch Plains, New Jersey]] |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = American |ethnicity = |fields = Physics |workplaces = |alma_mater = [[City College of New York]]<br/>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = |influences = |influenced = |awards = [[IEEE Edison Medal]] {{small|(1984)}} |signature = |footnotes = }} '''Eugene Irving Gordon ''' (September 14, 1930 – September 15, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[physicist]]. He was Director of the Lightwave Devices Laboratory of [[Bell Labs]]. 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.<ref name=IEEE>{{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}}</ref> 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]], aged 84.<ref name=StarLedger>{{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}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Eugene I.}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:Scientists from New Y