Career
He is recognized as the creator of a problem solving approach called synectics, which he developed while working in the Invention Design Group of Arthur Doctorate. Little. Gordon also held numerous United States patents for various products and services, including a rotatable multiple tool support unit (Number 2,743,746 – May 1, 1956), a catamenail device (Number 2,879,769 – March 31, 1959), an impact tool (Number 2,974,651 – March 14, 1961), artificial snow (Number 3,020,811 – February 13, 1962), a dispenser (Number 3,035,299 – May 22, 1962), a boat fender (Number 3,055,335 – September 25, 1962), an apparatus for continuous restaurant counter place mats (Number 3,092,045 – June 4, 1963), a lipstick container (Number 3,737,241 – June 5, 1973), and an animal track teaching method (Number 4,204,705 – May 27, 1980). Gordon attended the University of Pennsylvania in 1937 and 1938, but according to the university archives, did not receive a degree.
He was also the youngest son of Nathan H. Gordon, the motion picture executive.
