Background
Gordon, Ezra was born on April 5, 1921 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Abraham and Rebecca (Reimer) Gordon.
Gordon, Ezra was born on April 5, 1921 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Abraham and Rebecca (Reimer) Gordon.
Student, Roosevelt College, Chicago, 1948. Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1951.
Draftsman, Pace Associates Architects, 1951-1953;
senior planner, Chicago Plan Commission, 1953-1954;
project architect, Harry Weese & Associates, 1954-1961;
partner, Gordon-Levin & Associations, Chicago, 1961-1984;
partner, Gordon & Levin, Inc., Chicago, 1984-1995;
consultant, Department Urban Renewal City Chicago, Council for Jewish Elderly, Chicago Jewish Federation. Professor emeritus University of Illinois-Chicago School Architecture. Former member Mayor's Advisory Council on Building Code Amendments.
Master juror National Council Architectural Registration Bds.
Former member board directors Hyde Park-Kenwood Cmty. Conference, Astor St.-Lake Shore Doctor Associations. Former vice president Harper Court Foundation.
Trustee Chicago Athenaeum Museum Architectural Art and Urban Studies. Member The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Museum Science and Industry, Spertus Museum, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago History Society. Member Landmarks Preservation Council, Chicago Architectural Foundation.
Fellow American Institute of Architects (past board director Chicago chapter). Member American Institute of Architects, Labor Zionist Alliance, American professors for Peace in Middle East, American Jewish Congress, Chicago Architectural Foundation, Lambda Alpha.
Married Jeanette Greenberg, October 8, 1942 (deceased 2008). Children: Cheryl P. Gordon Van Ausdal, Rana Gordon Oremland, Judith Gordon Eichhorn.