Gordon Stein

Gordon Stein (April 30, 1941–August 27, 1996) was an American author, physiologist, atheist activists.

Stein served as presidents of the American Rationalists Federation and the Freethought Association. He also served as Vice-President of Atheists United and Vice-President Pacific of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Stein was also a member of the board of directors of the North American Committee For Humanism.

He was an editor of the American Rationalist and was the librarian of the Center for Inquiry, which contains both the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) and the Council for Secular Humanism (CSH). Stein served as an editor of the Encyclopedia of the Paranormal (1996).

Education

Stein received a doctorate in physiology from Ohio State University and master's degrees in Management and Library Science from University of Rochester, Adelphi College, and the University of California at Los Angeles.

Publications

• Freethought in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth: A Descriptive Bibliography (1981)
• The Sorcerer of Kings: The Case of Daniel Dunglas Home and William Crookes (1993)
• Free thought in the United States: A Descriptive Bibliography (1978)
• Robert Ingersoll: A Checklist (1969)

Stein served as and editor for:

• Encyclopedia of the Paranormal (Editor, 1996)
• Encyclopedia of Hoaxes (Editor, 1993)
• God Pro and Con: A Bibliography of Atheism (Editor, 1990)
• A Second Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism (Editor, 1987)
• Encyclopedia of Unbelief (Editor, 1985)
• Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism (Editor, with Marshall Brown (1980)