Gordon D. Goldstein

Best known for his contributions to the UNIVAC computer project, Goldstein received a degree in electrical engineering from Clarkston College of Technology at Potsdam, New York. In 1941 he began work as a civilian inspector of radio and navigation equipment with the Army Signal Corps. During the mid-1940s to 1950, Goldstein was a development engineer with the Washington Institute of Technology.

From 1950 to 1951 he served as chief engineer with computers for the Census Bureau in Philadelphia. In 1951 he joined the Navy Department, working first as an electronics scientist with the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, then in research and development at the David Taylor Model Basin's applied mathematics laboratory. Finally, in 1956, Goldstein moved to the ONR Information Systems Branch, where he remained until his retirement in 1980. He was involved with applications of the Univac I, including a Russian translation project.