Joseph Bordogna (1933–2019) was an American scientist and engineer.

Early life

Bordogna was born on March 22, 1933, in

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, United States. He was the son of Raymond and Rose Bordogna. He graduated from John Bartram Public High School in

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. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the

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in 1955. He completed his Master of Science at the

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in 1960. He completed his PhD at the

in 1964.

Career

He was the deputy director and chief operating officer of the

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from 1999 to 2005. He served as the president of

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in 1998. He was the Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Engineering at the

where he served also as Director of The Moore School of Electrical Engineering, and Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. From 1991 to 2005, he worked at the U.S.

(NSF), first as head of the Directorate for Engineering, then appointed by the President as deputy director and chief operating officer of NSF. Complementary to these tasks he was a member of the President's Management Council and chaired committees on Manufacturing, Environmental Technologies, and Automotive Technologies in the President's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).

Awards and honours

He received the

Distinguished Service Medal; was an Eminent Member of

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; was a member of the IEEE Honor Society; and he was awarded IEEE's 2008 James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the DC Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies, the US Government Leadership Award of the Semiconductor Industry Association and the Leadership in Technology Management Award from the International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology.

Personal life

He died on November 25, 2019, at the age of 86. He is survived by his wife Frances, son Ray and granddaughter Avery.

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