Mark C. Gordon

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Mark C. Gordon is an American academic administrator, lawyer, and former government official. He served as the president of Defiance College from 2009 to 2015 as well as the first dean and president of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. [1]

Biography

Gordon grew up in New York City, received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University, master's degree from School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he concurrently worked as a teaching assistant at Harvard Kennedy School. [2] He began his career in government as a staffer to New York Governor Mario Cuomo, and then as deputy assistant secretary for operations and general deputy assistant secretary for community planning and development in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton Administration.[ citation needed ]

He became an associate professor at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs in 1996, and directed the Urban Habitat Project from 1997 to 2002. [3]

In 2002, Gordon became dean of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and served in that position until 2009, [4] when he became president of Defiance College, a private college in Defiance, Ohio. [5]

In 2015, he was named dean and president of the newly created Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [6] [7] [8] Gordon stepped down from the position in 2019 to begin a year-long sabbatical to create a program that helps youths from foster care and other disadvantaged backgrounds access higher education, while remaining on the faculty of the law school. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mark C. Gordon – Faculty, Staff, and Administration". mitchellhamline.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  2. ↑ Hovelson, Doug (2017-06-26). "Travel's a family affair for globetrotter Mark Gordon – Minnesota Lawyer" . Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  3. ↑ "Secretary Cuomo's Remarks at the Columbia University Moran Weston Lecture Series". U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Archives. September 12, 2000. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Continuing Legal Education". Mississippi College School of Law. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  5. ↑ "President Gordon to step down; accepts position - News - Defiance College". www.defiance.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  6. ↑ Tribune, Maura Lerner Star (13 February 2015). "William Mitchell College of Law names new president, dean". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  7. ↑ "Mark Gordon". Twin Cities Business. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  8. ↑ "New William Mitchell Dean Mark Gordon will head merged Mitchell-Hamline law school". MinnPost. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  9. ↑ Avenue, 875 Summit; Paul, Saint; Mn 55105-3076 1-888-962-5529 651-227-9171. "Dean Mark Gordon to step down June 30 – News and Events | Mitchell Hamline School of Law". mitchellhamline.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "Mark Gordon to step down as first dean of Mitchell Hamline School of Law". Twin Cities. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
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