# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gordon-van-wylen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:02:53.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gordon-van-wylen"
name: "Gordon Van Wylen"
slug: "gordon-van-wylen"
description: "Gordon John Van Wylen was an American engineer and educator, known for his textbooks on thermodynamics. He served as the 9th president of Hope College from 1972 to 1987 and as the 8th dean of the University of Michigan College of Engineering from 1965 to 1972."
tagline: "American physicist"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-02-06"
deathDate: "2020-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "گورڈن وان وائلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "غوردون فان ويلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gordon Van Wylen"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Van_Wylen"
    title: "Gordon Van Wylen"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Van_Wylen"
    title: "Gordon Van Wylen"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Van_Wylen"
    title: "Gordon Van Wylen"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Van_Wylen"
    title: "Gordon Van Wylen"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump