Roy Gordon was a chemist and a research metallurgist who rose to become President of Inco Limited.
Biography
James Roycroft Gordon was born a Methodist in 1898 near Kingston, Ontario. He graduated from Queen's University in 1920 with a B.Sc. in Chemistry.
Gordon participated as a soldier from 16 May 1918 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force of World War I.
In 1936 he became associated with Inco as Director of the newly established Research Department at Copper Cliff.
Gordon was the recipient of the 1948 Medal of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Gordon was awarded the AIME James Douglas Gold Medal in 1958.
Gordon was elected President of Inco in 1960.
Gordon was fêted by the Canadian Club on 30 November 1964 as he delivered a lecture entitled "Canada - The Common Market - and World Trade".
In December 1967 INCO inaugurated the J. Roy Gordon laboratory in Sheridan Park for its research in extractive metallurgy. By 2002 it had developed into a jewel responsible for many of the recent innovations in the field.
Gordon was at one time or another, President and a Director of the Ontario Mining Association, President and a Director of Whitehead Metal Products, a Director of Canada Life Assurance, Page-Hersey Tubes, the Toronto-Dominion Bank, and the Toronto General Trusts.
References
- ^ "J. Roy Gordon | the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers".
- "J. Roy Cordon, Led International Nickel and U.S. Subsidiary". The New York Times. 8 April 1980.
- ^ "GORDON, JAMES ROYCROFT".
- "Inco Case Study: The End of Monopoly: A New World for Inco (Part 3 of 3)". 18 February 2009.
- "J. Roy Gordon, B.Sc., Ll.D."
- "Inco Steps Up Research with $4 million Sheridan Park Lab" (PDF). No. 8. Inco Triangle. December 1967.
- "INCO R&D: Process Development, Product Development and Cyanide Destruction". 3 June 2011.