Background
Gordon, Irving was born on June 20, 1914 in Cleveland. Son of N. Beryl and Minna (Singer) Gordon.
Gordon, Irving was born on June 20, 1914 in Cleveland. Son of N. Beryl and Minna (Singer) Gordon.
Doctor of Medicine, University Michigan, 1937.
Intern Long Island College Medical School Hospital, 1937-1938, resident, 1938-1939. Fellow Rockefeller Foundation, 1941. Professional associate commission acute respiratory disease Army Epidemiological Board, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1943-1946.
Staff member division laboratories and research New York State Health Department, 1946-1955, assistant director, 1952-1955. Associate professor medicine and bacteriology Albany (New York ) Medical College. Also associate attending physician Albany Hospital, 1949-1955.
Professor department microbiology University Southern California Medical School, 1955-1985, professor emeritus, from 1985, chairman, 1955-1981, associate dean, 1963-1965. Senior attending physician University Southern California Medical Center, 1956-1987. Member committees National Institutes of Health, Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, World Health Organization.
Member American Cancer Society (research committees), National Lung Association.
Married Toini Lefren, June 16, 1939 (deceased May 1967). Children– James Norrby, Elizabeth Britt (Mistress Michael Ascher), Thomas Rolf. Married Francis Maxwell Hawkes, October 18, 1968.