Background
Gordon, Burton Leroy was born on February 13, 1920 in Asotin, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of S.S. and Nella May (Jones) Gordon.
researcher writer emeritus educator
Gordon, Burton Leroy was born on February 13, 1920 in Asotin, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of S.S. and Nella May (Jones) Gordon.
Bachelor in Geography, San Francisco State University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy in Geography, University California, Berkeley, 1954.
Teaching assistant University California, Berkeley, 1943-1944. Instructor City College San Francisco, 1946-1949. Postdoctoral fellow Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1954.
From assistant professor to associate professor University New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1955-1965. Exchange instructor Queen Mary College, University London, 1962-1963. Professor geography San Francisco State University, 1965-1987, professor emeritus, since 1987.
Guest instructor University Arizona/Stanford, Guadalajara, mexico, 1965, Organization for Tropical Stuies, Costa Rica, 1968, 71.
Married Myra Lovisa, February 28, 1941. Children: Anna L., Karen Gordon-Grube, Robin Alan, Janice von Arnim.