Leonard Gordon

Background

Gordon, Leonard was born on December 6, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Abraham and Sarah (Rosen) Gordon.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Wayne State University, 1957; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Wayne State University, 1966.

Career

Instructor Wayne State University, Detroit, 1960-1962. Research director Jewish Community Council, 1962-1964. Director Michigan area American Jewish Committee, New York City, 1964-1967.

Assistant professor Arizona State University, Tempe, 1967-1970, associate professor, 1970-1977, professor, since 1977, chairman department sociology, 1981-1990, associate dean for academy programs College Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1990-2001, research professor, 2001—2002, professor emeritus, since 2002, founding member emeritus college council, since 2005. Dean Arizona State University Emeritus Colleges, since 2007. Consultant Office of Economic Opportunity, Maricopa County, Arizona, 1968, with Gdansk University, Polish and American Center Dispute Resolution Labor Management Disputes, Poland, president Academy of Sciences Arizona State University, 1981-1982.

Achievements

• Leonard Gordon has been listed as a noteworthy Sociology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Urban life and the struggle to be human

    (Book by Mayer, Albert J. , Leonard Gordon)

  • A city in racial crisis;: The case of Detroit pre- and post- the 1967 riot
  • Sociology and American social issues

Membership

Secretary Conference on Religion and Race, Detroit, 1962-1967. Member executive board directors American Jewish Committee, Phoenix chapter, 1969-1970. Fellow American Sociological Association (chair task force on current knowledge on hate/bias acts on college and university campuses since 2000, chair Arizona State University emeritus college policy committee, since 2005) member American Association of University Professors, Pacific Sociological Association (vice president 1978-1979, president 1980-1981), Society Study Social Problems (chair C. Wright Mills award committee 1988, treasurer 1989-1996), Arizona State University Alumni Association (faculty director 1981-1982, founding member emeritus college council, since 2005), Emeritus College(dean, 2007).

Connections

Married Rena Joyce Feigelman, December 25, 1955 (deceased November 24, 2005). Children: Susan Melinda, Matthew Seth, Melissa Gail.

Father:

Abraham Gordon

Mother:

Sarah (Rosen) Gordon

Spouse:

Rena Joyce Feigelman

child:

Melissa Gail Gordon

child:

Matthew Seth Gordon

child:

Susan Melinda Gordon