Robert S. Gordon elected FMTC President (1942-1943)

Robert S Gordon (1898-1979) was long time civic leader in Scarsdale. He practiced law at Sullivan & Cromwell before becoming general counsel at National Dairy Products Corp. (now Kraftco Corp.).

One of his sons, James P Gordon, (1928-2013) was credited with the development of the fore-runner to the laser and narrowly missed being awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics for his work; he also was a multiple APTA National Champion.

The other son Dr. Robert S Gordon, Jr. coordinated AIDS research at NIH and died in 1985