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Yale College 175
of the Sauer River near Echternach, Luxembourg, to attack the Siegfried
Line. Buried in U.S. Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg Posthumously awarded the Order of the Purple Heart Survived by mother
[Edward] McGuire Gordon, B.A. 1938.
Born May 5, 1916, tn Savannah, Ga.
Died August 18,1944, in the Pacific area
Father, G. Arthur^ Gordon, '92 S Mother, Margaret Cameron
(McGuire) Gordon. Yale relatives include: George A. Gordon (B A.
1849)(great-uncle); William W. Gordon (BA. 1854)(grandfather);
Wilham W. Gordon, '86 S. (uncle).
St. Paul's School, Concord, N H Scholar of the second rank Sophomore
year and of the third rank Junior year; oration appointment Junior and
Senior years; winner Spring Tennis Tournament Freshman year; on editorial board Class Book; member Elizabethan Club, Timothy Dwight College (hockey and tennis teams three years; captain tennis team Sophomore
year; Senior aide; captain in budget drive Senior year), Delta Kappa Epsilon, Skull and Bones, and N R O T.C (commissioned Ensign June,
1938).
Graduated from School of Commerce, Accounts, and Finance, New
York University, 1939; in credit department Central Hanover Bank and
Trust Company, New York City, 1938-40; during 1938-40 devoted much
time to work for St. George's Church at Rainsford House, of which he was
the first head; investment analyst and account manager Minis & Company,
Savannah, 1940; secretary Savannah Yale Club 1941-42; Alumni Fund
Agent 1938-42; member Christ Church (Episcopal), Savannah. Unmarried.
Called to active service August 14, 1940; recruiting officer Naval Recruiting Office, Savannah; executive officer, inshore patrol section base,
Naval Reserve Armory, South Jacksonville, Fla, March-October, 1941;
served aboard U S S Emerald, promoted Lieutenant (j g.) January 6,
1942, Lieutenant June 15, 1942, and Lieutenant Commander March 15,
1944; operations officer Mayport (Fla ) Naval Base January-May, 1942,
gunnery officer aboard U S S. Mar\astte May-October, 1942; executive
officer U.S.S. Htlo October, 1942-November, 1943 (took part in Papuan
and New Guinea campaigns), and U S.S. Wachapreague March-August,
1944* !
Death due to acute myocarditis. Survived by mother, two sisters, Mary
G. Piatt, the wife of Richard Shackleford Piatt (Univ. Michigan ex-26)
of St. James, N.Y., and Margaret Eleanor Gordon, W.A.C. (B A. Sweet
Briar Coll. 1944), and a brother, Major G. Arthur Gordon ('34), A.U S.
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 175 |
| Transcript | Yale College 175 of the Sauer River near Echternach, Luxembourg, to attack the Siegfried Line. Buried in U.S. Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg Posthumously awarded the Order of the Purple Heart Survived by mother [Edward] McGuire Gordon, B.A. 1938. Born May 5, 1916, tn Savannah, Ga. Died August 18,1944, in the Pacific area Father, G. Arthur^ Gordon, '92 S Mother, Margaret Cameron (McGuire) Gordon. Yale relatives include: George A. Gordon (B A. 1849)(great-uncle); William W. Gordon (BA. 1854)(grandfather); Wilham W. Gordon, '86 S. (uncle). St. Paul's School, Concord, N H Scholar of the second rank Sophomore year and of the third rank Junior year; oration appointment Junior and Senior years; winner Spring Tennis Tournament Freshman year; on editorial board Class Book; member Elizabethan Club, Timothy Dwight College (hockey and tennis teams three years; captain tennis team Sophomore year; Senior aide; captain in budget drive Senior year), Delta Kappa Epsilon, Skull and Bones, and N R O T.C (commissioned Ensign June, 1938). Graduated from School of Commerce, Accounts, and Finance, New York University, 1939; in credit department Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, New York City, 1938-40; during 1938-40 devoted much time to work for St. George's Church at Rainsford House, of which he was the first head; investment analyst and account manager Minis & Company, Savannah, 1940; secretary Savannah Yale Club 1941-42; Alumni Fund Agent 1938-42; member Christ Church (Episcopal), Savannah. Unmarried. Called to active service August 14, 1940; recruiting officer Naval Recruiting Office, Savannah; executive officer, inshore patrol section base, Naval Reserve Armory, South Jacksonville, Fla, March-October, 1941; served aboard U S S Emerald, promoted Lieutenant (j g.) January 6, 1942, Lieutenant June 15, 1942, and Lieutenant Commander March 15, 1944; operations officer Mayport (Fla ) Naval Base January-May, 1942, gunnery officer aboard U S S. Mar\astte May-October, 1942; executive officer U.S.S. Htlo October, 1942-November, 1943 (took part in Papuan and New Guinea campaigns), and U S.S. Wachapreague March-August, 1944* ! Death due to acute myocarditis. Survived by mother, two sisters, Mary G. Piatt, the wife of Richard Shackleford Piatt (Univ. Michigan ex-26) of St. James, N.Y., and Margaret Eleanor Gordon, W.A.C. (B A. Sweet Briar Coll. 1944), and a brother, Major G. Arthur Gordon ('34), A.U S. |
