Background
Gordon, Gerd Stray was born on November 15, 1912 in Stavanger, Norway. Daughter of Johannes and Ella (Stray) Johansen. came to the United States, 1948.
Gordon, Gerd Stray was born on November 15, 1912 in Stavanger, Norway. Daughter of Johannes and Ella (Stray) Johansen. came to the United States, 1948.
Student, Oslo University, 1941. Bachelor, Florida State University, 1960. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1978.
Accredited correspondent, Aftenposten-Norsk Dameblad, Oslo, 1948-1955; teacher, Panama Canal Zone Schools, Panama Episcopalian School, 1960-1961; teacher, American Cooperative School, Tunis, Tunisia, 1962-1964; teacher, American International School, Bangkok, 1965-1968; teacher, American International School, Djakarta, Indonesia, 1968-1969; teacher, American School, New Delhi, 1969-1970; teacher, Pittsburgh Public School Sys., l970-83; freelance lecturer, since 1983. Lecturer Slippery Rock (Pennsylvania) University, University Kansas, Lawrence, Vanderbilt University, Nashville. Presenter Symposium of Scandinavian Historians.
Democratic official, Denver, 1952-1957, election judge, 1954-1958. Board directors, representative, Planned Parenthood, Denver and Pittsburgh, 1952-1989. Participant Citizen Day Committee signed S.P. Kinney II Denver Woman's Press Club, 1965, Senate of Pennsylvania, 1985.
Resistance worker during German occupation of Norway, World World War World War II. Member Denver Women's Press Club (board directors since 1952), Pittsburgh University Historian Alumnae Organization, Florida State University Alumnae Association, American Association of University Women (board directors Pittsburgh chapter since 1984), League of Women Voters (past board directors Denver and Pittsburgh chapters), Countryside Garden Club (board directors since 1970).
Married Johan Vogt (divorced). Children: Mette Wernøe, Gerd Ada Vogt, Christina Isaksen. Married Raymond Gordon.
L child, Karen Allyn.