Edmund Wyatt Gordon

Background

Gordon, Edmund Wyatt was born on June 13, 1921 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Edmund Tayloe and Mabel (Ellison) Gordon.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Howard University, 1942. Bachelor's Degree, Howard University, 1945. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Howard University, 1997.

Master of Arts, American University, 1950. Doctor of Education, Columbia University, 1957. Doctor of Science, Mount Holyoke College, 1994.

Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1979. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Yeshiva University, New York City, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Brown University, 1989.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bank St. College, 1992. Doctor of Science, Mount Holyoke College, 1994. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Howard University, 1996.

Career

Assistant dean men Howard University, Washington, 1946-1950. From associate professor to professor Yeshiva University, New York City, 1961-1968. Professor, chairman department guidance Columbia University, 1968-1978, Richard March Hoe professor psychology and education, 1978-1979.

John M. Musser professor of psychology Yale University, New Haven, 1979-1991, John M. Musser professor of psychology emeritus, 1991. Distinguished professor educational psychology City University of New York, New York City, 1992-1996. Interim dean, vice president academy affairs Teachers College Columbia University.

Achievements

• Edmund Wyatt Gordon has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Compensatory education for the disadvantaged;: Programs and practices, preschool through college,

    (Programs and Practices: Preschool through College)

  • Equality of Educational Opportunity: A Handbook for Research

Membership

President Rockland County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, American Orthopsychiatric Association, American Psychological Society. Member American Educational Research Association, National Association Black Psychologists, National Academy Education, New York Academy of Sciences.

Connections

Married Susan Elizabeth Gitt, November 6, 1948. Children: Edmund T., Christopher W., Jessica G., Johanna S.

Father:

Edmund Tayloe Gordon

Mother:

Mabel (Ellison) Gordon

Spouse:

Susan Elizabeth Gitt

child:

Edmund T. Gordon

child:

Jessica G. Gordon

child:

Christopher W. Gordon

child:

Johanna S. Gordon