Background
Gordon, Robert Edward was born on June 20, 1925 in New York City. Son of Lewis Francis and Claire (McEvoy) Gordon.
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Robert Edward Gordon
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AB, Emory University, 1949. Master of Science, University Georgia, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Tulane, University, 1956.
Doctor of Laws, University Notre Dame, 1989.
Career
Curator, Highlands (North Carolina) Museum Biological Station, 1949-1950;
member of faculty, N.E. Louisiana State College, 1954-1958;
member of faculty, U. Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, 1958-1996;
professor biology, U. Notre Dame, 1966-1990;
professor emeritus, U. Notre Dame, from 1990;
department chairman, U. Notre Dame, 1964-1967;
associate dean, U. Notre Dame (College Science), 1967-1971;
vice president for advanced studies, vice president research, dean graduate school, U. Notre Dame (College Science), 1971-1989. Member working party science publications United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Philadelphia, 1963, Paris, France, 1964. Member panel primary publications United States-Japan Cooperative Science Program, Tokyo, 1965, 67.
Member science information county National Science Foundation, 1969-1972, chairman, 1971-1972. Biomed.communications study section National Institutes of Health, 1967-1971. Member United States National committee for F.I.D., 1969-1971, United States National Committee for International Union Biological Socs., 1969-1975.
Chairman of the Board council biological science information NAS-National Research Council, 1967-1968. Board overseers Fermi Lab, 1987-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Biological Abstracts, 1973-1979, president, 1978. Trustee Universities Research Association, 1983-1987. Member Graduate Record Examination Board, 1982-1986.
Trustee Argonne Universities Association, 1973-1983, vice president, 1979. Member Executive Committee AFGRAD, African American Institute, 1986-1989. Board directors Association Catholic Colleges Universities, 1980-1985.
Board directors Council Graduate Schools, 1982-1986, chairman, 1984-1985. With Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1964-1970), Herpetologists League.
Member American Institute Biological Science (national lecturer 1960-1965, member at large Board of Governors 1968-1977, vice president 1975, president 1976), American Society Icthyologists and Herpetologists, American Society Naturalists, Council Biology Editors (secretary 1963-1969), Ecological Society American, Herpetological Society Japan, Society Study Amphibians and Reptiles (chairman 1971), Explorers Club, Sigma Xi.
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Married Catherine Tigner, September 16, 1948. Children: Claire Catherine, Martha Lee.
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Nationality
American