Background
Gordon, Edward S. was born on May 2, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Hyman and Hannah (Schulman) Gordon.
Gordon, Edward S. was born on May 2, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Hyman and Hannah (Schulman) Gordon.
Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1940.
Service specialist Spiegel, Inc., 1940-1941. Teacher Austin Junior College, 1941-1942. Chairman, professor marketing Roosevelt University, Chicago, 1945-1976, associate dean Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration, 1965-1970, acting dean, 1970.
Owner American Research Associates, 1947, Readers Xposure Reports, 1971-1976. Analyst Firestone Tire consultant research director Haywood Public Company, 1955-1963. Marketing consultant Arthur Retlaw & Associates, 1969-1976.
Member school board, Skokie, Illinois, 1956-1962. Served with United States Air Force, 1942-1945. Ford Foundation research fellow, 1962.
Member American Marketing Association (Vice-President Chicago chapter 1968-1969), National Retail Merchants. Association (careers committee 1963), American Association University Professors, Sales and Marketing Executives Association, Association Industrial Advertisers.
Married Frances Fogel, August 31, 1941. Children: Barbara, Kenneth, Joseph.