| Bill Gordon AKA William Edwin Gordon Born: 8-Jan-1918
Birthplace: Paterson, NJ
Died: 16-Feb-2010
Location of death: Ithaca, NY
Cause of death: Natural Causes
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Astronomer Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Designed Arecibo radio telescope Military service: US Army Air Corps (engineer/meteorologist, 1942-45, Capt.) Wife: Elva Freile (d. 2002, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Nancy
Son: Larry
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Bolgiano (until his death)
University: BA Mathematics, Montclair State Teacher's College (1939)
University: MS, New York University
University: PhD Engineering, Cornell University (1953)
Professor: Electical Engineering, Cornell University (1953-66)
Administrator: Dir., Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory (1960-65)
Professor: Rice University (1966-85)
Administrator: Dean, Science and Engineering, Rice University (1966-75)
Administrator: Dean, Natural Sciences, Rice University (1975-80)
Administrator: Provost, Rice University (1980-85)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1986
American Geophysical Union
IEEE
International Union of Radio Science President (1981-84)
National Academy of Engineering 1975
National Academy of Sciences 1968
National Center for Atmospheric Research Trustee
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