John Stevens Gordon

Background

Gordon, John Stevens was born on September 7, 1931 in Mount Kisco, New York, United States. Son of George Benedict and Marion Lansing (Crandall) Gordon.

Education

Bachelor Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 1953. Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1956.

Career

Program manager, Pope Evans & Robbins, Alexandria, Virginia, 1970-1972; senior staff engineer, Research-Cottrell, Somerville, New Jersey, 1972-1973; principal investigator, TRW Resources Research, McLean, Virginia, 1973-1974; group leader, MITRE Corporation, McLean, 1974-1977; senior chemical engineer TRW energy engineering division, TRW Energy, McLean, 1977-1981; engineer-in-residence, Engineering Socs. Commision on Energy, Washington, 1981-1985; chemical engineer, National Sys. Management, Alexandria, 1986-1989; senior chemical engineer, Versar Inc., Springfield, Virginia, 1989-1990; support coordinator for clean coal technologies, EG & G Inc., Morgantown, West Virginia, since 1990.

Member Joint Army-Navy-Air Force Thermochem. Panel, 1960-1985.

Achievements

• John Stevens Gordon has been listed as a noteworthy Chemical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1954-1956. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society, Tau Beta Pi.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, automobile maintenance, woodworking.

Connections

Married Rowena Olmstead Francis, June 24, 1967. Children: Heather Olmstead, Grant Peter.

Father:

George Benedict Gordon

Mother:

Marion Lansing (Crandall) Gordon

Spouse:

Rowena Olmstead Francis

child:

Heather Olmstead Gordon

child:

Grant Peter Gordon