Background
Gordon, Milton Paul was born on February 8, 1930 in St. Paul. Son of Abraham and Rebecca (Ryan) Gordon.
Gordon, Milton Paul was born on February 8, 1930 in St. Paul. Son of Abraham and Rebecca (Ryan) Gordon.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1953.
Upjohn Company fellow University Illinois, 1950-1951. American Cancer Institute fellow Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York City, 1953-1955, research assistant, 1955-1957. Lecturer Brooklyn College, 1955-1957.
Assistant research biochemist Virus Laboratory, University California at Berkeley, 1957-1959. Member faculty University Washington, Seattle, 1959—2003, professor, 1966—2003, acting chairman, 1984-1985, professor emeritus, 2003—2005. Secretary, treasurer Pacific Slope Bio-chemical Conference, 1964-1968, president, 1968.
Visiting scholar Max Planck Institute, Tübingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1975. Science advisory board Center for Excellence in Molecular Biology, Lahore, Pakistan. Founding organizer Verdant Technologies.
Member advisory board Calgene, Biolex, Caisson Laboratories, SynGene Biotechnology, Inc.
Member American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Biological Chemists, American Academy Microbiology.
Married Elaine Travis, January 1, 1955. Children— David, Karen, Nancy, Peter.