Gordon Wagner (1915–1987) was an American artist. He was born and raised in

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. Wagner became an orphan at a young age. He received a degree from the

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. He worked in the

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industry as a

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UCLA Oral History Library, Interview with Gordon WagnerOnline Archive of CaliforniaBiographical from the Getty site
1915 births 1987 deaths People from Redondo Beach, California UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni Engineers from California 20th-century American engineers {{US-engineer-stub