Background
Burgess, Ralph Gordon was born on March 24, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Gordon Wilfred and Verna Pearl (Telford) Burgess.
Burgess, Ralph Gordon was born on March 24, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Gordon Wilfred and Verna Pearl (Telford) Burgess.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Michigan Technology University, 1950. Postgraduate in theology, Gordon College, 1954.
Radio and television engineer, Stations WMEX and WBZ-television, Boston, 1953-1954; electronics instructor, Massachusetts Radio School, Boston, 1954-1956; research staff Lincoln laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, 1956-1965; director radio frequency interference laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1965-1974; research engineer center for space research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1974-1976; research engineer mechanic engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1976.
Deacon First Baptist Church, Salem, New Hampshire, since 1973. Lieutenant (jg) United States Naval Reserve, 1950-1953.
Married Elizabeth Campbell Burton, November 26, 1954. Children: Rebecca, Elisabeth, Deborah, Ruth, David, Jonathan.