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Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
About J. King Gordon
- John King Gordon (1900–1989) was a Canadian Christian clergyperson, editor, diplomat, and academic.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) and his wife Helen King.
- He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba in 1920.
- A Rhodes scholar, he studied at The Queen's College, Oxford, from 1920 to 1921.
- Ordained in 1927, he was a United Church of Canada minister in Manitoba.
- From 1931 to 1935, he was a professor of Christian ethics at United Theological College in Montreal.
- He was dismissed from the college in 1934 because of his socialist views.
- In 1935, he became a travelling professor of Christian ethics, working for the church's Board of Evangelism and Social Service.
- He became the Secretary of the Fellowship for a Christian Social Order the same year.
- He was also involved with the League for Social Reconstruction.Gordon married Ruth Anderson in 1939.
- He had two children: the journalist Charles Gordon and the journalist and novelist Alison Gordon.In 1933, he was one of the authors of the Regina Manifesto and was involved in the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
- From 1944 to 1947, he was managing editor of The Nation magazine.
- From 1947 to 1950, he was the United Nations correspondent for the CBC.
- From 1950 to 1962, he was the human rights and information officer for the United Nations Secretariat.
- He also served as President of the United Nations Association in Canada circa 1975.From 1962 to 1967, he taught international relations at the University of Alberta.
- He also taught at the University of Ottawa for six years.In 1977, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
- He was the 1980 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for his work in peacekeeping.
- 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).
- He died of a stroke on 24 February 1989 in Ottawa, Ontario.
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