Background
Tatum, Gordon was born on August 8, 1940 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of Gordon Senior and Maggie Virginia (Wright) Tatum.
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Gordon Tatum
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Student, Birmingham Southern College, 1958-1960; student, University South Alabama, 1969.
Career
Editor, reporter, critic, Mobile (Alabama) Press Register, since 1961. Regional critic Metropolitan Opera News, New York City, since 1987.
Membership
Member of advisory board Saenger Theater United States of America Series, Mobile, since 1989. President Oakleigh Garden District History Society, Mobile, 1973-1974. Soloist St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Mobile, 1961-1985, Birmingham Symphony Pops Orchestra, 1960, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, 1967, Mobile Opera, 1968, St. Paul's Choral Society, 1965-1970.
Member chorus Mobile Opera, 1955, 62, 67, 69. Actor Joe Jefferson Players, Mobile, 1958, 61-63, Mobile Theater Guild, 1961-1963. Board directors Symphonic Pops Band, Mobile, since 1976, History Mobile Preservation Society, since 1990, Mobile Mental Health, September Celebration Festival of the Arts, since 1989.
Member Alabama Federation Music Clubs (board directors).
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Married Katherine AlexandraKosko, August 29, 1970. Children: Sheldon Parrish, Sterling Andrew.
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American