Seymour Gordon

Background

Gordon, Seymour was born on May 9, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Morris and Minnie (Jamitz) Gordon.

Education

Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, University of Michigan, 1954.

Career

Intern, Harper Hospital, 1954-1955; resident, Harper Hospital, 1955-1958; cardiovascular fellow, Harper Hospital, 1958-1959; co-director cardiac laboratory, Children's Hospital Michigan, Detroit, 1961-1967; co-director cardiac laboratory, Harper Hospital, Detroit, 1967-1973; co-director division cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, 1967-1987; director electrocardiology and cardiac rehabilitation/exercise laboratories, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, since 1987. Editorial consultant Catheterization and Cardiovascular Intervention, Miami, Florida, since 1986.

Achievements

• Seymour Gordon has been listed as a noteworthy Cardiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors United Way of Michigan, Lansing, since 1984. Central allocations committee member United Way of Southeastern Michigan, Detroit, since 1985. Delegate National Republican.

Convention, New Orleans, 1988. National board member American Heart Association, Dallas, 1987-1988, regional vice president, Chicago, 1987-1988. Fellow American College Cardiology, American College Physicians, Council Clinical Cardiology-American Heart Association, Council on Geriatric Cardiology (founding).

Connections

Married Marilynn R. Pensler, June 21, 1951. Children: Nancy Elizabeth, Richard Eliot, Carol Annual.

Father:

Morris Gordon

Mother:

Minnie (Jamitz) Gordon

Spouse:

Marilynn R. Pensler

child:

Richard Eliot Gordon

child:

Carol Annual Gordon

child:

Nancy Elizabeth Gordon