Background
Gordon, Jack Leonard was born on August 17, 1928 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of W. Ward and Agnes (Knox) Gordon.
Gordon, Jack Leonard was born on August 17, 1928 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of W. Ward and Agnes (Knox) Gordon.
Student, University California, Berkeley. Graduate, Advanced Management Program, Harvard, 1975.
Adjuster Commercial Credit Corporation, Stockton, California, 1949-1950. Salesman United States Gypsum Company, Sacramento, 1950-1954, Calaveras Cement Company division Flintkote Company, San Francisco, 1954-1964, assistant sales manager, 1957-1959, manager sales, 1959-1964. General manager Standard Materials Company subsidiary Flintkote Company, Modesto, California, 1964, president, 1964-1968, Western Aggregate Products division Flintkote Company, Los Angeles, 1968-1970.
Group corporate vice president stone products The Flintkote Company, White Plains, New York, 1970-1974, senior vice president, also director, 1974-1976. President, Chief Executive Officer Centex Homes Corporation subsidiary Centex Corporation, 1976-1979. President, chief executive officer Atlantic Cement Company, Inc. subsidiary Newmont Mining Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut, 1979-1985.
Vice president Newmont Mining Corporation, New York City, 1985-1988. President J.L. Gordon and Associates, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1988-1989. President, chief executive officer CDN-United States of America, Boston, from 1989.
With United States Army, 1945-1948. Member Winged Foot Golf Club, Harvard Business School, Landmark (Stamford).
Married Audrey Marie Richards (divorced). Children: Scott W., Gaile A. Timothy R. Married Zahava; stepchildren: Asaf, Anatomical.