Background
Emerson,, Gordon Edward was born on November 2, 1916 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gordon Edward and Helen I. (Long) Emerson.
Emerson,, Gordon Edward was born on November 2, 1916 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gordon Edward and Helen I. (Long) Emerson.
AB, Middlebury College, Vermont, 1940. Graduate Advanced Management Program, Harvard, University, 1963. Postgraduate, Aspen Institute Humanistic Studies, 1968.
With John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, 1940-1970, senior vice president mortgages and real estate, 1968-1970. President John Hancock Realty Company, 1966-1970. Executive vice president Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Company, Boston, 1970-1976.
Chairman board, managing trustee Bay Colony Property Company, since 1971. Chairman Bay Finance Corporation, since 1980. Director Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc.
Chairman Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, 1967-1977, Massachusetts Home Mortgage Finance Agency, 1972-1977.
Chairman Boston Municipal Research Bureau, 1976-1979, Rockport (Massachusetts) School Committee, 1956-1966. Member Lynnfield (Massachusetts) School Committee, 1948-1949. Served with United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1941-1945.
Married Margaret Jones, March 17, 1945. Children– David A., Christopher J., Jonathan Son of.