Background
Ford, Gordon Buell was born on September 22, 1937 in Louisville. Son of Gordon Buell Senior and Rubye (Allen) Ford.
Ford, Gordon Buell was born on September 22, 1937 in Louisville. Son of Gordon Buell Senior and Rubye (Allen) Ford.
AB summa cum laude in Classics, Medieval Latin, and Sanskrit, Princeton University, 1959; Master of Arts in Classical Philology and Linguistics, Harvard University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, Slavic and Baltic Langs. and Lits., Harvard University, 1965; postgraduate, U. Oslo, 1962-1964; postgraduate, U. Sofia, Bulgaria, 1963; postgraduate, U. Uppsala, Sweden, 1963-1964; postgraduate, U. Stockholm, 1963-1964; postgraduate, U. Madrid, 1963.
Yeager, Ford, and Warren Foundation Distinguished professor Indo-European, Classical, Slavic, and Baltic linguistics, Sanskrit, and Medieval Latin, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, since 1965;
Lybrand, Ross Brothers, and Montgomery Foundation Distinguished Professor of English andlinguistics, U. Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, since 1972;
senior executive vice president for real estate accounting finance management, Gorgay, Inc., The Real Estate Company, Louisville, 1976-1977;
also board directors, Gorgay, Inc., The Real Estate Company, Louisville
senior executive vice president for reimbursement and rates accounting finance management hospital accounting division, Humana, Inc., The Hospital Company, Louisville, 1978-1993;
retired, 1993;
director, Southeastern Investment Trust, Inc., Louisville, since 1976;
retired, 1993;
research professor, The Southeastern Investment Trust, Inc. Research Foundation, Louisville, since 1976. Visiting professor Medieval Latin, University of Chicago, since 1966.
Visiting professor linguistics U.Chgo., Downtown Center, since 1966. Professor of English evening divisions Northwestern University, Chicago, 1968-1969, professor anthropology, 1971-1972.
God, in His permissive will, may allow political leaders, both in biblical times and the present day, to enact policies that are opposed to His revealed will.
Church members should meet regularly in order to be accountable to each other about how each person is living the Christian life.
Member Linguistic Society American (life, Sapir life patron), International Linguistic Association (life), Societas Linguistica Europaea (charter, life), American Philological Association (life), Classical Association of the Atlantic States (life), Classical Association of the Middle West and South (life), Classical Association of N.Eng. (life), Medieval Academy of America (life), Renaissance Society of America (life), Modern Language Association (life), American Association Teachers Slavic and East European Langs. (life), American Association Advancement Slavic Studies (life), American Council Teachers Russian (life), Association for Advancement Baltic Studies (life), Institute Lithuanian Studies (life), Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Langs.
(charter, life), Sons of the American Revolution (life), Princeton Club (New York City, Chicago), Princeton Alumni Association (Louisville), Harvard Club (New York City, Chicago, Louisville, Lexington, Kentucky), President's Society Bellarmine College (life), Louisville Country Club, KC (life), Phi Beta Kappa (life).