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Gordon Gould

Gordon GouldAKA Richard Gordon Gould

Born: 17-Jul-1920
Birthplace: Manhattan, NY
Died: 16-Sep-2005
Location of death: Manhattan, NY [1]
Cause of death: Infection

Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist, Inventor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Invented the laser


[1] Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, NY.

Father: Kenneth Gould (Scholastic magazine editor)
Mother: Helen Vaughn Rue Gould
Brother: David
Brother: Geoffrey
Wife: Glen Fulwider (m. 7-Jun-1947, div. 1953)
Wife: Ruth Hill (m. 1955, div.)
Wife: Marilyn Appel (m. 17-Jul-1992)
Mistress: Marcie Weiss

    High School: Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, NY
    University: BS Physics, Union College (1941)
    University: MS Physics, Yale University (1943)
    Teacher: City College of New York
    Professor: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
    University: Columbia University

    Manhattan Project 1943-45
    Sigma Chi Fraternity
    National Inventors Hall of Fame
    Draft Deferment: World War II
    Risk Factors: Smoking, Emphysema, Marijuana

Is the subject of books:
Laser: The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War, 2002, BY: Nick Taylor, DETAILS: (nonfiction)


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