Background
Gong, Edmond Joseph was born on October 7, 1930 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Joe Fred and Fayline Gong.
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Edmond Joseph Gong
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AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1952; postgraduate in law, Harvard University, 1954-1955; Juris Doctor, U. Miami, 1960.
Career
Special writer, Hong Kong Tiger Standard, 1955-1956;
staff writer, Miami Herald, 1958-1959;
associate firm, Helliwell, Melrose and DeWolf, 1960-1961;
assistant United State Attorneys, Southern District Florida, 1961-1962;
member, Florida House of Representatives, 1963-1966;
member, Florida Senate, 1966-1972;
trustee, Florida Gulf Realty Trust, 1974-1980;
president, Inflahedge Resources Fund, Edmond Gong and Company, Inc., 1979-1985;
president, Public Policy Cons. Inc., since 1988;
senior public policy analyst and legal counsel Everett Clay Associations, Inc.,1988-. Chairman Florida Land Sales Advisory Council, 1974-1976.
Vice chairman Board Business Regulation, State of Florida, 1976-1977. Fellow Institute Politics John Fitzgerald Kennedy School Government, Harvard University, 1969-1970, associate director, 1971-1972.
Achievements
Membership
Member Harvard 350th Commission, 1984-1986. Member commission on university resources, bd.overseers and president and fellows Harvard College, 1984-1986. Member North Key Largo Habitat Conservation Planning Study Committee, 1984-1988.
Regional chairman Selection Committee for Anglo-American Conference, Johns Hopkins School AdvancedInternat. Studies, 1985; member Fairbanks Center Committee, Fairbank Center forEast Asian Research, Harvard University, 1987-1990. Member American Bar Association, Florida Bar, Harvard University Alumni Association (director)-at-large), Miami City Club, Harvard Club (Miami), Florida Audubon Society (board directors 1990-1993).
Connections
Married Sophie Vlachos, July 25, 1957 (deceased). Children: Frances Fayline, Peter Joseph (deceased), Madeleine, Joseph Fred, II, Edmond Joseph. Married Dana Leigh Clay, December 7, 1988.
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Religion
Episcopalian