Gordon McClure

Background

McClure, Gordon was born on April 9, 1922 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of William C. and Maude (Cowden) McClure.

Education

Associate of Arts, Phoenix College, 1942. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1947. Postgraduate, University Buffalo, 1950.

Career

Manager employment, division safety engineer, general foreman, Sylvania Electric Products Inc., Buffalo, 1947-1951; senior industrial engineer, manager service and industrial relations, Sylvania Electronic Products Inc., Mountain View, California, 1952-1958; plant manager, Sylvania Electronic Systems-West manager manufacturing, Sylvania Electronic Products Inc., Santa Cruz, California, 1958-1966; general manager, Conelco Electronic Products, San Bernardino, California, 1966-1968; with, Bourns Inc., Riverside, California, 1968-1987; from operations manager precision company, vice president manufacturing and quality control, Bourns Inc., Riverside, California to corporation vice president, assistant to the president, Bourns Inc., Riverside, California retired, Bourns Inc., Riverside, California, 1987. Regional representative National Association Foreman, Buffalo, 1950-1951. State board directors Junior Chamber of Commerce, Mountain View, 1956-1957.

Board directors, treasurer, president Variable Resistive Components Institute, Chicago, 1974-1978. Member President' Safety Council, Washington, 1951.

Achievements

• Gordon McClure has been listed as a noteworthy electronics company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the Chamber of Commerce founding committee University California, Santa Cruz, 1962-1965. Founding chairman Santa Cruz County Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1964-1966. Chairman Board Councillors, San Bernardino State College, 1977-1978, Special Gifts II CalTech.

Alumni Fund, Pasadena, 1989-1992. Trustee The Orme School, Mayer, Arizona, since 1976. Elder various Presbyterian churches, since 1960.

Member American Electronics Association (committeeman 1978-1983).

Interests

• Avocations: theater, science, travel, property management.

Connections

Married Eleanor Rosalie Setter, September 22, 1945 (deceased April 1994). Children: Mack Patrick, Jeneth Louise, Gary Stuart, Michael Andrew. Married Priscilla Meyer Cole, November 11, 1995.

Father:

William C. McClure

Mother:

Maude (Cowden) McClure

Spouse:

Priscilla Meyer Cole

Spouse:

Eleanor Rosalie Setter

child:

Michael Andrew McClure

child:

Gary Stuart McClure

child:

Mack Patrick McClure

child:

Jeneth Louise McClure