Helen Elizabeth Gourley

Background

Gourley, Helen Elizabeth was born on April 22, 1931 in Rochester, New York, United States. Daughter of Karl Friedrich and Emma Christine (Kramer) Vogele.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics with honours, U. Rochester, 1953.

Career

Research physicist, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1953-1955; project engineer, Beckman Instruments, Richmond, California, 1955-1960; senior scientist, Nuclear Research Instruments, Berkeley, California, 1960-1965; program manager, Quantic Industries, San Carlos, California, 1965-1970; owner, chief optical scientist, System Sciences Group, San Francisco, since 1971. Director, member National Advisory Group for National Technology Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute Technology, Rochester, 1979-1983. Member of national speaker's bureau American Physical Society, Washington, since 1990.

Lecturer, seminar leader for various U. California.Physics Depts.

Achievements

• Helen Elizabeth Gourley has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Speaker Lion's Club, "Women and Small Business", San Francisco, 1984, 86. Presenter laser workshops for high school girls, San Francisco, since 1983. Organizer, chairman Tech-Net Consultant Group, San Francisco, since 1992.

Member Optical Society Northern California (president 1990-1991), Optical Society of America (National Education Council 1984-1988), The International Society for Optical Engineering (speaker since 1964).

Interests

• Avocations: harp, orchid culture.

Connections

Married Edward HenryGustafson, June 9, 1959 (divorced October 1968). 1 child, Rebecca ChristineGustafson-O'Hare. Married Darrell Lavonne Gourley, April 18, 1973.

Children: Brandon Wayne, Lisa Amber.

Father:

Karl Friedrich Vogele

Mother:

Emma Christine (Kramer) Vogele

Spouse:

Edward HenryGustafson

Spouse:

Darrell Lavonne Gourley

child:

Lisa Amber Gourley

child:

Rebecca ChristineGustafson-O'Hare Gourley

child:

Brandon Wayne Gourley