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{{Short description|United States general (1946–2020)}}
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|name = John Gordon
|image = John A Gordon.jpg
|image = John A Gordon.jpg
|office = [[United States Homeland Security Council|United States Homeland Security Advisor]]
|office = 2nd [[United States Homeland Security Advisor]]
|president = [[George W. Bush]]
|president = [[George W. Bush]]
|term_start = April 30, 2003
|term_start = April 30, 2003
|term_end = May 28, 2004
|term_end = July 28, 2004
|predecessor = [[Tom Ridge]]
|predecessor = [[Tom Ridge]]
|successor = [[Frances Townsend|Fran Townsend]]
|successor = [[Frances Townsend|Fran Townsend]]
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|president1 = [[Bill Clinton]]<br>[[George W. Bush]]
|president1 = [[Bill Clinton]]<br>[[George W. Bush]]
|term_start1 = June 29, 2000
|term_start1 = June 29, 2000
|term_end1 = June 27, 2002
|term_end1 = June 28, 2002
|predecessor1 = Position established
|predecessor1 = Position established
|successor1 = [[Linton Brooks]]
|successor1 = [[Linton Brooks]]
|office2 = [[Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]]
|office2 = 20th [[Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency|Deputy Director of Central Intelligence]]
|president2 = [[Bill Clinton]]
|president2 = [[Bill Clinton]]
|term_start2 = October 31, 1997
|term_start2 = October 31, 1997
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|predecessor2 = [[George Tenet]]
|predecessor2 = [[George Tenet]]
|successor2 = [[John E. McLaughlin|John McLaughlin]]
|successor2 = [[John E. McLaughlin|John McLaughlin]]
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|birth_name = John Alexander Gordon
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|8|22}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1946|8|22}}
|birth_place = [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]], [[Missouri]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|birth_place = [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]], [[Missouri]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_date =
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|4|19|1946|8|22}}
|death_place = [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]], [[Missouri]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_place =
|alma_mater = [[University of Missouri|University of Missouri, Columbia]]<br>[[Naval Postgraduate School]]<br>[[New Mexico Highlands University]]
|education = [[University of Missouri|University of Missouri, Columbia]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])}}<br>[[Naval Postgraduate School]] {{small|([[Master of Science|MS]])}}<br>[[New Mexico Highlands University]] {{small|([[Master of Arts|MA]])}}
|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
|branch = {{air force|United States}}
|branch = {{air force|United States}}
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|mawards = [[Legion of Merit]]
|mawards = [[Legion of Merit]]
}}
}}
General '''John Alexander Gordon''' (born August 22, 1946) was [[Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]]. He served as the President's Homeland Security advisor from 2003 to 2004.<ref name="NPS">[http://www.nps.navy.mil/PAO/GuestSpeaker/General%20Gordon%20Bio.pdf Naval Postgraduate School bio]</ref>
'''John Alexander Gordon''' (August 22, 1946 – April 19, 2020) was an American air force general who served as [[Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]]. He also served as the President's Homeland Security advisor from 2003 to 2004.<ref name="NPS">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nps.navy.mil/PAO/GuestSpeaker/General%20Gordon%20Bio.pdf |title=Naval Postgraduate School bio |access-date=2007-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213170630/http://www.nps.navy.mil/PAO/GuestSpeaker/General%20Gordon%20Bio.pdf |archive-date=2006-12-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Military career==
Gordon entered the Air Force through the [[Reserve Officer Training Corps]] program in 1968. His early assignments were in research, development and acquisition where he was involved in improving the [[Minuteman (missile)|Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile]] (ICBM) and in developing and acquiring the [[Peacekeeper ICBM]]. He was a long-range planner at [[Strategic Air Command]] and served with the [[U.S. State Department]] in the [[Bureau of Political-Military Affairs|Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs]]. Later, he commanded the [[90th Strategic Missile Wing]], the only Peacekeeper ICBM unit. He has served with the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] in the areas of defense and arms control, including the oversight and completion of the [[START II]] negotiations. He then became a senior member of the secretary of defense's staff and later, the director of operations, [[Air Force Space Command]], responsible for overseeing and developing policy and guidance for the command's operational missions. He also has served as special assistant to the Air Force chief of staff for long-range planning, where he was responsible for restarting and integrating a long-range planning process into the Air Force. Prior to assuming the deputy director position, he was associate director of central intelligence for military support, Central Intelligence Agency. He retired from the Air Force on August 1, 2000.
Gordon entered the Air Force through the [[Reserve Officer Training Corps]] program in 1968. His early assignments were in research, development and acquisition where he was involved in improving the [[Minuteman (missile)|Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile]] (ICBM) and in developing and acquiring the [[Peacekeeper ICBM]]. He was a long-range planner at [[Strategic Air Command]] and served with the [[U.S. State Department]] in the [[Bureau of Political-Military Affairs|Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs]]. Later, he commanded the [[90th Strategic Missile Wing]], the only Peacekeeper ICBM unit. He has served with the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] in the areas of defense and arms control, including the oversight and completion of the [[START II]] negotiations. He then became a senior member of the secretary of defense's staff and later, the director of operations, [[Air Force Space Command]], responsible for overseeing and developing policy and guidance for the command's operational missions. He also has served as special assistant to the Air Force chief of staff for long-range planning, where he was responsible for restarting and integrating a long-range planning process into the Air Force. Prior to assuming the deputy director position, he was associate director of central intelligence for military support, Central Intelligence Agency. He retired from the Air Force on August 1, 2000.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}


==Post military career==
==Post-military career==
Following his Air Force retirement, Gordon was chosen as the first administrator of the [[National Nuclear Security Administration]] and also Under Secretary of Energy, responsible for the U.S. nuclear weapons program, a position he filled from June 2000 to June 2002.<ref name="anser">[http://www.anser.org/DisplayBio.aspx?id=17&uid=0&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 Analytic Services, Inc. Board of Trustees Biography]</ref> He next served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, then assumed duties as [[Homeland Security Advisor]] from June 2003 to June 2004.<ref name="NPS"/> On September 16, 2004, he was inducted into the Naval Postgraduate School Hall of Fame.<ref>[http://www.nps.edu/Alumni/HallofFameandDistinguished/NewHallofFame.html Hall of Fame Recipients]</ref> In October, 2005 John A. Gordon, US Air Force, retired, former Homeland Security Advisor to the White House, and member of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age was appointed to the [http://www.virtualagility.com/docs/VA_Gordon.pdf VirtualAgility, Inc.] Board of Advisors. Gordon joined the board of [[EDO Corporation]] in early 2007,<ref>[http://www.edocorp.com/pr2007/07r0220.pdf Gen. (Ret.) John A. Gordon Joins EDO Board (press release)]</ref> and also serves on the Board of Trustees of [[Analytic Services, Inc.]]<ref name="anser"/>
Following his Air Force retirement, Gordon was chosen as the first administrator of the [[National Nuclear Security Administration]] and also Under Secretary of Energy, responsible for the U.S. nuclear weapons program, a position he filled from June 2000 to June 2002.<ref name="anser">[http://www.anser.org/DisplayBio.aspx?id=17&uid=0&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 Analytic Services, Inc. Board of Trustees Biography]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He next served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, then assumed duties as [[Homeland Security Advisor]] from April 2003 to July 2004.<ref name="NPS"/> On September 16, 2004, he was inducted into the Naval Postgraduate School Hall of Fame.<ref>[http://www.nps.edu/Alumni/HallofFameandDistinguished/NewHallofFame.html Hall of Fame Recipients]</ref> After retiring from public service, he served on the [[Markle Foundation]] Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, as well as the board of advisors of VirtualAgility, Inc. (beginning in October 2005),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualagility.com/docs/VA_Gordon.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018085620/http://www.virtualagility.com/docs/VA_Gordon.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-10-18 |title=VirtualAgility Board of Advisors}}</ref> the board of [[EDO Corporation]] (beginning in 2007),<ref>[http://www.edocorp.com/pr2007/07r0220.pdf Gen. (Ret.) John A. Gordon Joins EDO Board (press release)]</ref> and the Board of Trustees of [[ANSER|Analytic Services, Inc.]]<ref name="anser"/>

Gordon died on April 19, 2020, at the age of 73.<ref name="obit">{{cite web |title=John Gordon, Aug. 22, 1946 – April 19, 2020 |url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/obituaries/family_obituary/john-gordon-aug-22-1946-april-19-2020/article_ffe26062-8331-11ea-9cf1-2f5e9197a8fd.html |website=Columbia Missourian |accessdate=20 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
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==Assignments==
==Assignments==
*July 1968 - June 1970, graduate student, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, and [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]], Ohio
*July 1968 – June 1970, graduate student, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, and [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]], Ohio<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=GENERAL JOHN A. GORDON |url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106961/general-john-a-gordon/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FBiographies%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F106961%2Fgeneral-john-a-gordon%2F |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Air Force |language=en-US}}</ref>
*June 1970 - June 1974, physicist, [[Air Force Weapons Laboratory]], [[Kirtland Air Force Base]], New Mexico
*June 1970 – June 1974, physicist, [[Air Force Weapons Laboratory]], [[Kirtland Air Force Base]], New Mexico<ref name=":0" />
*June 1974 - April 1976, research associate, [[Sandia National Laboratories]], [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
*June 1974 – April 1976, research associate, [[Sandia National Laboratories]], [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]<ref name=":0" />
*April 1976 - February 1979, long-range planner, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, [[Offutt Air Force Base]], Nebraska
*April 1976 – February 1979, long-range planner, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, [[Offutt Air Force Base]], Nebraska<ref name=":0" />
*February 1979 - August 1980, staff officer, research and development, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
*February 1979 – August 1980, staff officer, research and development, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.<ref name=":0" />
*August 1980 - May 1982, executive assistant to the undersecretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.
*August 1980 – May 1982, executive assistant to the undersecretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.<ref name=":0" />
*May 1982 - January 1983, deputy director, Office of Policy Analysis, Department of State, Washington, D.C.
*May 1982 – January 1983, deputy director, Office of Policy Analysis, Department of State, Washington, D.C.<ref name=":0" />
*January 1983 - July 1985, office director for strategic nuclear policy, and director for defense and arms control matters, [[Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs]], Department of State, Washington, D.C.
*January 1983 – July 1985, office director for strategic nuclear policy, and director for defense and arms control matters, [[Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs]], Department of State, Washington, D.C.<ref name=":0" />
*July 1985 - July 1986, student, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
*July 1985 – July 1986, student, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama<ref name=":0" />
*July 1986 - June 1987, assistant deputy commander for maintenance, 44th Strategic Missile Wing, [[Ellsworth Air Force Base]], South Dakota
*July 1986 – June 1987, assistant deputy commander for maintenance, 44th Strategic Missile Wing, [[Ellsworth Air Force Base]], South Dakota<ref name=":0" />
*June 1987 - May 1989, vice commander, then commander, 90th Strategic Missile Wing, [[Francis E. Warren Air Force Base]], Wyoming
*June 1987 – May 1989, vice commander, then commander, 90th Strategic Missile Wing, [[Francis E. Warren Air Force Base]], Wyoming<ref name=":0" />
*May 1989 - January 1993, special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for defense policy and arms control, National Security Council, Washington, D.C.
*May 1989 – January 1993, special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for defense policy and arms control, National Security Council, Washington, D.C.<ref name=":0" />
*January 1993 - June 1994, deputy undersecretary of defense and chief of staff for policy, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.
*January 1993 – June 1994, deputy undersecretary of defense and chief of staff for policy, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.<ref name=":0" />
*June 1994 - September 1995, director of operations, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, [[Peterson Air Force Base]], Colorado
*June 1994 – September 1995, director of operations, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, [[Peterson Air Force Base]], Colorado<ref name=":0" />
*September 1995 - September 1996, special assistant to the chief of staff for long-range planning, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
*September 1995 – September 1996, special assistant to the chief of staff for long-range planning, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.<ref name=":0" />
*September 1996 - October 1997, associate director of central intelligence for military support, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.
*September 1996 – October 1997, associate director of central intelligence for military support, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.<ref name=":0" />
*October 1997 - 2000, deputy director of central intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.
*October 1997 – 2000, deputy director of central intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.<ref name=":0" />


==Major awards and decorations==
==Major awards and decorations==
*[[File:Defense Distinguished Service ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] with oak leaf cluster
*[[File:Defense Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] with oak leaf cluster
*[[File:US Defense Superior Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Defense Superior Service Medal]]
*[[File:US Defense Superior Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Defense Superior Service Medal]]
*[[File:Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Legion of Merit]]
*[[File:Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Legion of Merit]]
*[[File:Defense Meritorious Service ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Defense Meritorious Service Medal]]
*[[File:Defense Meritorious Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Defense Meritorious Service Medal]]
*[[File:Meritorious Service ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]] with oak leaf cluster
*[[File:Meritorious Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]] with oak leaf cluster
*[[File:Air Force Commendation ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Air Force Commendation Medal]]
*[[File:Air Force Commendation ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Air Force Commendation Medal]]


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John A. Gordon
2nd United States Homeland Security Advisor
In office
April 30, 2003 – July 28, 2004
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byTom Ridge
Succeeded byFran Townsend
Undersecretary of Energy for Nuclear Security
In office
June 29, 2000 – June 28, 2002
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byLinton Brooks
20th Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
In office
October 31, 1997 – June 29, 2000
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byGeorge Tenet
Succeeded byJohn McLaughlin
Personal details
Born
John Alexander Gordon

(1946-08-22)August 22, 1946
Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
DiedApril 19, 2020(2020-04-19) (aged 73)
Columbia, Missouri, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Missouri, Columbia (BS)
Naval Postgraduate School (MS)
New Mexico Highlands University (MA)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Air Force
Years of service1968–2000
Rank General
Commands90th Strategic Missile Wing
AwardsLegion of Merit

John Alexander Gordon (August 22, 1946 – April 19, 2020) was an American air force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He also served as the President's Homeland Security advisor from 2003 to 2004.[1]

Military career

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Gordon entered the Air Force through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1968. His early assignments were in research, development and acquisition where he was involved in improving the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and in developing and acquiring the Peacekeeper ICBM. He was a long-range planner at Strategic Air Command and served with the U.S. State Department in the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs. Later, he commanded the 90th Strategic Missile Wing, the only Peacekeeper ICBM unit. He has served with the National Security Council in the areas of defense and arms control, including the oversight and completion of the START II negotiations. He then became a senior member of the secretary of defense's staff and later, the director of operations, Air Force Space Command, responsible for overseeing and developing policy and guidance for the command's operational missions. He also has served as special assistant to the Air Force chief of staff for long-range planning, where he was responsible for restarting and integrating a long-range planning process into the Air Force. Prior to assuming the deputy director position, he was associate director of central intelligence for military support, Central Intelligence Agency. He retired from the Air Force on August 1, 2000.[citation needed]

Post-military career

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Following his Air Force retirement, Gordon was chosen as the first administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and also Under Secretary of Energy, responsible for the U.S. nuclear weapons program, a position he filled from June 2000 to June 2002.[2] He next served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, then assumed duties as Homeland Security Advisor from April 2003 to July 2004.[1] On September 16, 2004, he was inducted into the Naval Postgraduate School Hall of Fame.[3] After retiring from public service, he served on the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, as well as the board of advisors of VirtualAgility, Inc. (beginning in October 2005),[4] the board of EDO Corporation (beginning in 2007),[5] and the Board of Trustees of Analytic Services, Inc.[2]

Gordon died on April 19, 2020, at the age of 73.[6]

Education

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Assignments

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  • July 1968 – June 1970, graduate student, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio[7]
  • June 1970 – June 1974, physicist, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico[7]
  • June 1974 – April 1976, research associate, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico[7]
  • April 1976 – February 1979, long-range planner, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska[7]
  • February 1979 – August 1980, staff officer, research and development, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.[7]
  • August 1980 – May 1982, executive assistant to the undersecretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.[7]
  • May 1982 – January 1983, deputy director, Office of Policy Analysis, Department of State, Washington, D.C.[7]
  • January 1983 – July 1985, office director for strategic nuclear policy, and director for defense and arms control matters, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State, Washington, D.C.[7]
  • July 1985 – July 1986, student, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama[7]
  • July 1986 – June 1987, assistant deputy commander for maintenance, 44th Strategic Missile Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota[7]
  • June 1987 – May 1989, vice commander, then commander, 90th Strategic Missile Wing, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming[7]
  • May 1989 – January 1993, special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for defense policy and arms control, National Security Council, Washington, D.C.[7]
  • January 1993 – June 1994, deputy undersecretary of defense and chief of staff for policy, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.[7]
  • June 1994 – September 1995, director of operations, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado[7]
  • September 1995 – September 1996, special assistant to the chief of staff for long-range planning, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.[7]
  • September 1996 – October 1997, associate director of central intelligence for military support, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.[7]
  • October 1997 – 2000, deputy director of central intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.[7]

Major awards and decorations

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Effective dates of promotion

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  • Second Lieutenant June 4, 1968
  • First Lieutenant December 4, 1969
  • Captain June 4, 1971
  • Major September 1, 1979
  • Lieutenant Colonel November 1, 1981
  • Colonel December 1, 1985
  • Brigadier General June 1, 1992
  • Major General May 25, 1995
  • Lieutenant General September 20, 1996
  • General October 31, 1997

References

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  1. ^ a b "Naval Postgraduate School bio" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
  2. ^ a b Analytic Services, Inc. Board of Trustees Biography[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Hall of Fame Recipients
  4. ^ "VirtualAgility Board of Advisors" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-18.
  5. ^ Gen. (Ret.) John A. Gordon Joins EDO Board (press release)
  6. ^ "John Gordon, Aug. 22, 1946 – April 19, 2020". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "GENERAL JOHN A. GORDON". Air Force. Retrieved 2023-12-14.

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New office Undersecretary of Energy for Nuclear Security
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