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ALBERT H. GORDON
The Gordon Fund
In 1931, as the Great Depression washed over the nation, Albert
Hamilton Gordon and two partners acquired the venerable investment
banking house of Kidder, Peabody & Co. Gordon was to lead the
firm for the next half century.
He
is the last of the legendary Titans of Wall Street, that handful
of men who dominated the financing of American while building firms
that were largely extensions of their personalities.
Now
nearing his hundredth year, Al Gordon continues his passionate engagement
with life with a daily trip to the office, extensive travel, and
an exercise regimen that would (and regularly does) tire active
people half his age.
One
of the most admired figures on Wall Street and a tireless supporter
of Harvard, Roxbury Latin, and a host of other institutions and
worthy causes, he is a director of Sloan Kettering Hospital, The
Americas Society, and the New York Road Runners Club.
Gordon
is prominently featured in The Hero's Farewell by Jeffrey
Sonnenfeld.
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