Background
Gordon, Horace Earl was born on July 21, 1924 in Arbuckle, California, United States. Son of Horace Curby and Matilda (Richter) Gordon.
Gordon, Horace Earl was born on July 21, 1924 in Arbuckle, California, United States. Son of Horace Curby and Matilda (Richter) Gordon.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1944; Doctor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1947.
Intern, San Francisco General Hospital, 1947-1948; resident, Highland-Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, California, 1950; resident, V.A. West Los Angeles Medical Center, 1954-1958; assistant chief surgical service, VA West Los Angeles Medical Center, 1960-1963; chief surgical service, VA West Los Angeles Medical Center, 1963-1977; chief of staff, VA West Los Angeles Medical Center, 1977-1992; consultant general surgery, VA West Los Angeles Medical Center, since 1992; associate professor, vice chair department surgery, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1970-1977; professor surgery, assistant dean, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1977-1992; professor surgery, emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, since 1992.
President coastal cities unit American Cancer Society, Los Angeles, 1982-1983, board directors, since 1974. Lieutenant United States Navy Medical Corps, 1943-1946, 50-53, Korea. Fellow American College Surgeons (governor 1979-1982).
Member Los Angeles Surgical Society (president 1973-1974), Association VA Surgeons (president 1974-1975), Bay Surgical Society (president 1969-1970), Western Surgical Association, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Society for Surgery of Alimentary Tract.