Background

Gudmundsen, Richard Austin was born on December 27, 1922 in Salt Lake City. Son of Austin Gudmundsen and Myrl Goodwin.

Education

Student, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1942-1943; student, University Utah, 1943; B. Engineering in Mech. Engineering, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1955.

Career

Office of Naval Research fellow, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1949-1951; manager semiconductor laboratories, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1952-1959; president, Quantum Technology laboratories, Santa Ana, California, 1960-1963; manager lasers and electrooptics, Rockwell International, Anaheim, California, 1963-1970; director advanced technical, Rockwell International, Anaheim, California, 1970-1981; president, Perceptrix, Inc., Santa Ana, since 1982.

Achievements

• Richard Austin Gudmundsen has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), American Physical Society, Autonetics Sigma Xi Club (president 1975), Sigma Delta Omega, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Bernice Sayre, January 1, 1925. Children: Joyce, Scott Austin, Mark Richard, Annette, Lee Karl, Eileen.

Father:

Austin Gudmundsen

Mother:

Myrl Goodwin

Spouse:

Bernice Sayre

child:

Lee Karl Gudmundsen

child:

Annette Gudmundsen

child:

Joyce Gudmundsen

child:

Scott Austin Gudmundsen

child:

Mark Richard Gudmundsen

child:

Eileen Gudmundsen