Gordon Bell

Gordon Bell
Gordon Bell
Born	August 19, 1934; Kirksville, Missouri, US
Alma mater	MIT (BS 1956, MS 1957)
Known for	Computer architecture
Spouse	Gwen Bell
Awards	National Medal of Technology; IEEE John von Neumann Medal; NAE Member; NAS Member; AAAS Fellow; IEEE Fellow; ACM Fellow; CHM Fellow;
	Scientific career
Institutions	DEC, Microsoft
Website	gordonbell.azurewebsites.net

Chester Gordon Bell (born August 19, 1934) is an American electrical engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 1960–1966, Bell designed several of their PDP machines and later became Vice President of Engineering 1972–1983, overseeing the development of the VAX computer systems. Bell's later career includes entrepreneur, investor, founding Assistant Director of NSF's Computing and Information Science and Engineering Directorate 1986–1987, and researcher emeritus at Microsoft Research, 1995–2015.

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