Gordon was born in Appleton, WI, on December 8, 1932, to the late Gordon E. and Isabel Ellis Grant. He grew up in Chicago, IL, and attended Amundsen H. S. He graduated from Ripon College in Ripon, WI, in 1955. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He earned an MBA from George Washington University.
Gordon entered the U.S. Army upon graduation from Ripon and served for 21 years, including two tours in Korea and one in Viet Nam. He attended the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. The proudest moment of his military career was when he, as adjutant general of the 1st Cavalry Division, directed their redeployment to the U.S. at the end of the Viet Nam War.
After returning from Viet Nam in 1970, Gordon lived with his family in Alexandria, VA, for the next 46 years. He retired from the Army in 1977 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He worked the next thirteen years for the Boeing Company in Vienna, VA.
A lifetime golfer, Gordon worked as a starter at the Ft. Belvoir South Nine Golf Course for several years.
In 2016, he moved with his wife to Greensboro, NC, to be near family.
Gordon is survived by his wife of 53 years, Susan S. Grant, and son Scott Gordon Grant, of Kernersville; three grandchildren, Christina Hampton of Evans, GA, Shannon Meyers and Cody Meyers of Edgewater, MD; six great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. Lynnelle Nolan, his daughter from his first marriage, predeceased him in 2013.
In Greensboro, Gordon was a member of College Place United Methodist Church. Contributions may be made to the church choir in his name in lieu of flowers.
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