Obituaries

Gordon T. Shahin Sr.CIA Management Professor

Gordon T. Shahin Sr., 82, an engineer who worked for the CIA for 29 years, died of complications of diabetes July 12 at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He lived in Reston.

He was a professor of executive management training at the agency until 1996 and also taught evenings in the graduate business school at American University. He previously worked on the X-1 fighter plane while employed at Bell Aircraft in the 1950s.

He was born in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and enlisted in the Army after high school and served during World War II with the 75th Infantry Division in France. After the war, he graduated from Cornell University and the University at Buffalo, then received two master's degrees in engineering, one from Buffalo in 1948 and another from Syracuse University in 1950. He received a doctorate in operations research from Ohio State University in 1960.

Mr. Shahin worked for Bell Aircraft in Ohio and taught at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. He joined the CIA in 1967 and moved to the Washington area.

He was a supporter of Arena Stage, the Dayton Civic Ballet in Ohio and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. He was a member of the American Management Association and the Knights of Columbus.

A daughter, Roberta Shahin Dougherty, died in 1997.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Charlotte F. Shahin of Reston; three children, Nancy Lynn Shahin Itteilag of Potomac, Mary Beth Neiman of Potomac Falls and Gordon T. Shahin Jr. of Bellaire, Tex.; a brother, Edward J. Shahin of McLean; a sister, Lois Riscile of Niagara Falls; and seven grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan