Eugene Irving Gordon

Background

Gordon, Eugene Irving was born on September 14, 1930 in New York City. Son of Sol and Gertrude (Lassen) Gordon.

Education

Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957.

Career

Research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1957; member technical staff, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1957-1959; supervisor, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1959-1964; department head, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1964-1968; director, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1968-1983; consultant, 1983-1984; chairman, president, Lytel Inc., Somerville, New Jersey, 1984-1987; vice-president, director research, Hughes Aircraft Company, Malibu, California, 1987-1988; president, Photon Imaging Corporation, Edison, New Jersey, 1988-1990; Distinguished professor department electrical and computer engineering, New Jersey Institute Technology, Newark, since 1990. Chairman, president Medjet, Inc., Edison, New Jersey, since 1993.

Achievements

• Eugene Irving Gordon has been listed as a noteworthy electrical and computer engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Zworykin award 1975, Edison medal 1984, Centennial medal 1984). Member National Academy of Engineering.

Connections

Married Barbara Young, August 19, 1956 (divorced 1990). Children: Laurence Mark, Peter Eliot. Married Renate Albrecht-Gordon, 1991.

Father:

Sol Gordon

Mother:

Gertrude (Lassen) Gordon

Spouse:

Renate Albrecht-Gordon

Spouse:

Barbara Young

child:

Peter Eliot Gordon

child:

Laurence Mark Gordon