Gordon graduated from Missouri Valley College in 1956 with a degree in Education. Gordon was a leader on the basketball court and a V-Club member.
Gordon is employed by Dynamic International Ltd., as executive vice president of sales, starting there in 1997. The company sell hand-held exercise equipment nationally to retail, catalog and distributor outlets.
Gordon has held several jobs ranging from coaching a three-time winning Class S State basketball team (which in March 1959 was issued Resolution No. 108 by the Missouri House of Representatives), to working for Rubbermaid, Inc.
Gordon is a member of St. Alban’s Roe Catholic Church and is active in the Knights of Columbus.
Gordon and his wife Charlotte live in Wildwood, MO and have two children, Cathy and Donald.