Background
Hanes, Gordon was born on March 3, 1916 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Gordon and Emmie (Drewry) Hanes.
hosiery manufacturing company executive
Hanes, Gordon was born on March 3, 1916 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Gordon and Emmie (Drewry) Hanes.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1937. Postgraduate, Pace Institute, 1937—1939. HHD (honorary), North Carolina State University.
Accountant Hanes Hosiery Mills Company, Winston-Salem, 1939—1941, secretary, 1947—1948, vice president, 1948—1953, executive vice president, 1954—1957, president, 1958—1965. President, chief executive officer Hanes Corporation, 1967—1974, chairman board, 1965—1979, director. Retired, 1979; director Hanes Dye & Finishing Company.
Member North Carolina Senate, 1963. Chairman board trustees North Carolina Museum Art. Member associates executive committee Smithsonian Institution.
Trustee Folger Library. Member national collectors' committee Whitney Museum Art. Member collectors' and advisory committee National Gallery Art.
Administrative officer Ordnance United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945.
Married Helen Greever Copenhaver, August 30, 1941. Children: James Gordon III, Eldridge C., Margaret Drewry.