Gordon Lee Brownell

Background

Brownell, Gordon Lee was born on April 8, 1922 in Duncan, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Roscoe David and Mabel (Gourley) Brownell.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Bucknell U., Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1950.

Career

Member faculty, Massachusetts Institute Technology, since 1950; professor, Massachusetts Institute Technology, since 1970; director, Physics Research Laboratory Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, since 1950. Trustee Retina Foundation. Board directors Boston biomedical Foundation, NeuroresearchFund.

Achievements

• Gordon Lee Brownell has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society, American College Radiology (honorary). Member American Association Physicists in Medicine (Coolidge award 1987), Society Nuclear Medicine (Paul C. Aebersold award 1975), European Society Nuclear Medicine (de Hevesy medal 1979).

Connections

Married Anna-Liisa Kairento. Children: Wendy Silverman, Peter G., David L., James K., Piia Kairento, Janne Kairento.

Father:

Roscoe David Brownell

Mother:

Mabel (Gourley) Brownell

Spouse:

Anna-Liisa Kairento

child:

James K. Brownell

child:

Wendy Silverman Brownell

child:

Peter G. Brownell

child:

David L. Brownell

child:

Piia Kairento Brownell

child:

Janne Kairento Brownell