J. King Gordon

Template:Short description Template:Infobox person John King Gordon Template:Post-nominals (1900–1989) was a Canadian Christian minister, editor, United Nations official, and academic.Template:Sfn

Biography

Gordon was born on 6 December 1900 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of the novelist and future Presbyterian Church moderator Charles Gordon (known by the pen name "Ralph Connor")Template:Sfnm and his wife Helen King.Template:Sfn One of his six sisters was the diplomat and educationalist Marjorie Gordon Smart.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba in 1920.Template:Citation needed A Rhodes scholar, he studied at The Queen's College, Oxford,Template:Sfn from 1920 to 1921.Template:Citation needed Ordained in 1927, he was a United Church of Canada minister in Manitoba.Template:Sfn From 1931 Template:Citation needed span of Christian ethics at the United Theological College in Montreal.Template:Sfn He was dismissed from the college in 1934<ref name="Goar 1989">Template:Cite news</ref> because of his socialist views.<ref name="CP obituary"/> In 1935, he became a travelling professor of Christian ethics, working for the church's Board of Evangelism and Social Service.Template:Sfn He became the secretary of the Fellowship for a Christian Social Order the same year.Template:Sfn He was also involved with the League for Social Reconstruction.Template:Sfnm

Gordon married Ruth Anderson in 1939.Template:Sfn They had two children, the journalist Charles Gordon<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the journalist and novelist Alison Gordon.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1933, Gordon was one of the authors of the Regina Manifesto<ref name="CP obituary">Template:Cite news</ref> and was involved in the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.Template:Sfn From 1944 to 1947, he was managing editor of The Nation magazine.Template:Sfn From 1947 to 1950, he was the United Nations correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).Template:Citation needed From 1950 to 1962, he was Template:Citation needed span for the United Nations Secretariat.<ref name="CP obituary"/> He also served as president of the United Nations Association in Canada<ref name="CP obituary"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> circa 1975.<ref name="Goar 1989"/>

From 1962 to 1967,Template:Citation needed he taught international relations at the University of Alberta.Template:Sfn He also taught at the University of Ottawa for six years.<ref name="Goar 1989"/>

In 1977, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.<ref name="CP obituary"/> He was the 1980 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace<ref name="CP obituary"/>Template:Sfn for his work in peacekeeping.Template:Citation needed He received honorary doctorates from the Brandon University (1974), Carleton University (1977), the University of Winnipeg (1979), St. Francis Xavier University (1981), and the University of Manitoba (1981).Template:Sfn He died of a stroke on 24 February 1989 in Ottawa, Ontario.Template:Sfn

See also

• Salem Bland
• Tommy Douglas
• F. R. Scott

References

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External links

• Pearson Medal of Peace - J. King Gordon
• J. King Gordon: ONUC - And What It Did for the Congo Template:Webarchive
• J. King Gordon fonds (R2409) at Library and Archives Canada