Background
Gordon, Kenneth Hickok was born on December 18, 1924 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Kenneth Hickok Senior and Ines Frae (McClellan) Gordon.
Gordon, Kenneth Hickok was born on December 18, 1924 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Kenneth Hickok Senior and Ines Frae (McClellan) Gordon.
Doctor of Medicine, Temple University, 1948. Master of Science in Psychiatry, Temple University, 1956.
From instructor to associate professor, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1954-1961; from assistant to associate professor, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1961-1966; professor, Adjunct Professor, Temple University, Philadelphia, since 1966; associate department psychiatry, Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, since 1971; clinical professor psychiatry and human behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, since 1979; attending physician, Jefferson U. Hospital, Philadelphia, since 1979. Chairman Advisers for Children of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1979-1982. Board directors Emily Bacon Child Psychiatry Clinic, Philadelphia.
Co-founder Main Line Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, Philadelphia, 1966. President World Federalists Association, Philadelphia, 1971-1987, Citizens for Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1975-1978. Chairman Valley Forge Land Use Task Force, 1974-1977.
Board directors Crossroads School, Paoli, Pennsylvania, 1989-1996. President board directors Tabor Children's Services, Philadelphia. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life), Philadelphia College Physicians, American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Member American Medical Association, American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, Spinal Injury Association, Regional Council Child Psychiatry (president 1977-1979, 91-93), Franklin Inn Club, Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Janice Taylor, June 16, 1951. Children: Deirdre, Pamela, Sheila.