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Neil Gordon

American chemist and educator (1886–1949) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Neil Gordon
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Neil Elbridge Gordon (October 7, 1886 – May 30, 1949)[2] was an American chemist and educator. He founded the Journal of Chemical Education (c.1924) and established the Gordon Research Conferences (c.1931).[2]

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Life

He held several Chair positions spanning his time at the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Central College in Missouri, and Wayne State University.

Personal life and death

On May 30, 1949, Gordon committed suicide by jumping from the roof of a "fashionable hotel" near downtown Detroit, 13 floors high. Three policemen had tried unsuccessfully to prevent his leap.[3]

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