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Interview with Hugh L. Gordon transcript

dc.contributorScott, Thomas Allan (1943- )
dc.contributor.authorBriggs, Stephen M.
dc.contributor.authorMcKay, John
dc.contributor.otherGordon, Hugh L. (1922- )
dc.coverage.spatialKennesaw, Georgia
dc.coverage.spatialCobb County
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-29T21:14:02Z
dc.date.created11/6/2009
dc.date.issued2014-08-29T21:14:02Z
dc.date.issued2014-08-29T21:14:02Z
dc.identifierksu-45-05-001-07016
dc.identifier.citationInterview with Hugh L. Gordon transcript, 2009-11-06, Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights series, 2009-2010, Kennesaw State University Oral History Project, 1973- , KSU/45/05/001, Kennesaw State University Archives.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11360/257
dc.descriptionHugh L. Gordon was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He joined the Army Air Corps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, flying a Northrup P-61. During fifteen months of combat duty, Gordon earned several decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross. On discharge from the Army, he entered Virginia Polytechnic Institute and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering in 1950 and a Master of Science degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1951. Gordon joined the Lockheed-Georgia Company in 1951. He worked in a variety of positions within the company, rising to the position of Director of Personnel. Gordon retired from Lockheed-Georgia in 1988. He was a founding member of the Atlanta Employers? Voluntary Merit Employment Association (MEA) and the Private Industry Council of Atlanta (PIC). He also served as a Regional Executive for Region 4 of the National Alliance of Businessmen from 1974 to 1978.
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherKennesaw State University Archives
dc.relation.ispartofhttp://archivesspace.kennesaw.edu/repositories/4/resources/195
dc.rightsThe digital reproductions on this site are provided for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. To request permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material in any format outside of fair use please contact the Kennesaw State University Archives.
dc.subjectDiscrimination in employment - Government policy - United States - History
dc.subjectGordon, Hugh L. (1922- )
dc.subjectLockheed-Georgia Company -- History.
dc.subjectLockheed Aircraft Corporation -- History.
dc.subjectOral histories
dc.subjectTranscripts
dc.titleInterview with Hugh L. Gordon transcript
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    The Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights Series consists of forty-one oral history interviews done with a variety of people across Cobb County. The purpose of the project is to collect personal experiences of people with the Cobb County Branch and its predecessor, the Marietta Branch, of the NAACP, as well as the Civil Rights movement in Cobb County, Georgia.

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