Background
Gordon, Robert was born on May 21, 1875 in Scotland. Son of James and Jane (Hargie) Gordon.
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Robert Gordon
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Bachelor of Arts, Kalamazoo (Michigan) College, 1907. Studied University of Chicago, 1908, Divinity School, same university, 1909. Winner of state-wide prohibition oratorical contest, 1900, and of inter-collegiate oratorical contest, 1905.
Career
Charles Thoms, George Gregg, Helen Jane, Ruth Jeanette. Ordained Baptist ministry, 1906. Pastor First Church, Milwaukee, 1907-1912, First Church, Topeka, Kansas, 1912-1919.
Wisconsin state director city surveys for Interch. World Movement, 1919-1920. Pastor First Church, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1929-1930.
Editor The Baptist, 1930-1933. Pastor First Church, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 1933-1936. First Church, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1936-1948, retired as pastor emeritus.
Young Mens Christian Assn, speaker at military camps, 1918. With American Expeditionary Forces part of 1919.
Membership
Member of board of managers Wisconsin Baptist State Convention. Mason (32°).; Club: Lions. Lecturer before clubs and for World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches.
Connections
Married Edith May Thorns, October 24, 1907. Children: James Deane, Margaret May, Frank Craig, Robert Grenfell, Edith Belle, Mary Louise.
