Doris G. Gordon Lecture Series

The Doris G. Gordon lecture series is named in honor of Doris Gilbert Gordon, a high school mathematics teacher and a friend of Denison.  Newark attorney L. James Gordon (’50) and his sister, Janet Gordon Forbes (’55), established the Doris G. Gordon fund in memory of their mother who had a great love of mathematics.  Doris Gordon was a long time resident of Granville and wife of Leland J. Gordon who was a Denison professor of economics.  Mrs. Gordon earned a B.A. in mathematics from Swarthmore College and an M.A. in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania.  In addition to being a high school teacher in Pennsylvania and Ohio, she was an instructor in the V-12 Program at Denison in World War II and was later associated with Owens-Corning in a research capacity. Mrs. Gordon also provided her husband with mathematical and statistical data that he used in numerous textbooks.

Upcoming Lectures

February, 2013 - Dr. Steven Strogatz - Cornell University

All Gordon Lectures

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September 25, 2012
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March 21, 2012
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February 10, 2011
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March 27, 2008
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October 25, 2007
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April 3, 2007
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October 2, 2006
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October 13, 2005
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January 29, 2004
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February 24, 2003
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October 14, 2002