Roy Gordon

Roy Gordon was a chemist and a research metallurgist who rose to become President of Inco Limited.[1][2]

Biography

James Roycroft Gordon was born a Methodist in 1898 near Kingston, Ontario.[3] He graduated from Queen's University in 1920 with a B.Sc. in Chemistry.[1]

Gordon participated as a soldier from 16 May 1918 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force of World War I.[3]

In 1936 he became associated with Inco as Director of the newly established Research Department at Copper Cliff.[1]

Gordon was the recipient of the 1948 Medal of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.[1]

Gordon was awarded the AIME James Douglas Gold Medal in 1958.[1]

Gordon was elected President of Inco in 1960.[4]

Gordon was fêted by the Canadian Club on 30 November 1964 as he delivered a lecture entitled "Canada - The Common Market - and World Trade".[5]

In December 1967 INCO inaugurated the J. Roy Gordon laboratory in Sheridan Park for its research in extractive metallurgy.[6] By 2002 it had developed into a jewel responsible for many of the recent innovations in the field.[7]

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.[1]

References

1. "J. Roy Gordon | the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers".
2. "J. Roy Cordon, Led International Nickel and U.S. Subsidiary". The New York Times. 8 April 1980.
3. "GORDON, JAMES ROYCROFT".
4. "Inco Case Study: The End of Monopoly: A New World for Inco (Part 3 of 3)". 18 February 2009.
5. "J. Roy Gordon, B.Sc., Ll.D."
6. "Inco Steps Up Research with $4 million Sheridan Park Lab" (PDF). No. 8. Inco Triangle. December 1967.
7. "INCO R&D: Process Development, Product Development and Cyanide Destruction". 3 June 2011.