Eugene Irving Gordon (September 14, 1930 – September 15, 2014) was an American

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. He was Director of the Lightwave Devices Laboratory of

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Biography

Gordon was born on September 14, 1930 in

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. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1952 with a B.S. in physics, and completed his Ph.D. from the

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in 1957. He became director of the Lightwave Devices Laboratory of

. He married Renate Albrecht on December 31, 1991. He died on September 15, 2014 in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.

Honors and awards

* IEEE

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in 1984 * member,

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in 1978 * IEEE Vladimir K. Zworykin Award in 1975List of IEEE Vladimir K. Zworykin Award recipients
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1968

References

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