Background
Jong, Gordon Frederick De was born on August 6, 1935 in Berea, Kentucky, United States. Son of Frederick Henry and Elizabeth (DeVries) De Jong.
Jong, Gordon Frederick De was born on August 6, 1935 in Berea, Kentucky, United States. Son of Frederick Henry and Elizabeth (DeVries) De Jong.
Bachelor, Central College, Pella, Iowa, 1957. Master of Arts, University Kentucky, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Kentucky, 1963.
Instructor University Kentucky, Lexington, 1961—1963. From assistant professor to professor Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1963—1991, distinguished professor, director graduate program in demography, since 1992. Senior fellow East-West Center, Honolulu, 1978—1979.
Visiting faculty Netherlands Graduate School in Demography, 1994. Director Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, 1974—1976, 1982—1988. Research consultant Government Thailand, Philippines, South Africa, since 1983.
Demographic advisor Executive officers and Legislators Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, since 1980. Task Force on Aging, member Attorney General Pennsylvania, 1993—2000. Active Pennsylvania 2020 Vision, since 2006.
Member of Population Association American (chair), American Sociological Association.
Married Caroline Jane Miller, July 1, 1961. Children: Judith Kristen, Gregory Gordon, Graham Austin.