Editing Gordon Bell (section)

{{Short description|American computer engineer (1934–2024)}}
{{Other people}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Gordon Bell
| image             = File:Gordon Bell (cropped).jpg
| caption           = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1934|08|19}}<ref name=CHMinterview />
| birth_place       = [[Kirksville, Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2024|05|17|1934|08|19}}
| death_place       = [[Coronado, California]], U.S.
| spouse            = [[Gwen Bell]]<ref name=CHMinterview />
| alma_mater        = [[MIT]] (BS 1956, MS 1957)
| workplaces        = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], [[Microsoft]]
| known_for         = [[Computer architecture]]
| website           = {{URL|gordonbell.azurewebsites.net}}
| awards            = {{Plainlist|
* [[National Medal of Technology]] 
* [[IEEE John von Neumann Medal]]
* NAE Member
* NAS Member
* AAAS Fellow
* IEEE Fellow
* ACM Fellow
* [[Computer History Museum|CHM]] Fellow
}}
}}

'''Chester Gordon Bell''' (August 19, 1934 – May 17, 2024) was an American [[electrical engineer]] and manager. An early employee of [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC), from 1960–1966, Bell designed several of their [[Programmed Data Processor|PDP]] machines and later served as the company's Vice President of Engineering from 1972–1983, overseeing development of the [[VAX]] computer systems. Bell's later career included roles as an entrepreneur, investor, founding Assistant Director of NSF's Computing and Information Science and Engineering Directorate from 1986–1987, and researcher emeritus at [[Microsoft Research]] from 1995–2015.