Robert Aaron Gordon Explained

R. Aaron Gordon
Birth Date:	July 26, 1908
Birth Place:	Washington, DC
Birth Name:	Aaron Goldstein
Death Place:	Berkeley, California
Nationality:	American
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Field:	Macroeconomics
School Tradition:	Keynesian
Alma Mater:	Harvard University Johns Hopkins University
Spouse:	Margaret Gordon
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Robert Aaron Gordon (born Aaron Goldstein;^[1] July 26, 1908 – April 7, 1978) was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley from 1938 to 1976. In 1975, he served as president of the American Economic Association.^[2]

He was married to economist Margaret Gordon (1910–94).^{[3] [4]} Both of their sons, Robert J. Gordon and David M. Gordon, became notable economists as well.^[5]

In 1959, with funding from the Ford Foundation, Gordon and James Edwin Howell published Higher Education for Business, later known as the Gordon-Howell report. It is considered a key event in the history of business management and its development as a profession. The report gave detailed recommendations for treating management as a science and improving the academic quality of business schools.^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]} The next thirty years are sometimes referred to as a "Golden Age" in which quantitative social science research became an established part of business schools.^{[11] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Historical register of Harvard University, 1636-1936. 1937. Harvard University.
2. Web site: University of California: In Memoriam, 1980. texts.cdlib.org. 2016-11-22.
3. Book: A biographical dictionary of women economists. 2000. Edward Elgar. Robert W. Dimand, Mary Ann Dimand, Evelyn L. Forget. 1-84376-142-4. Cheltenham, UK. 49852577.
4. News: Saxon . Wolfgang . Margaret S. Gordon, 83, Dies; Economist and Prolific Author . 22 March 2022 . The New York Times . 2 June 1994.
5. News: Robert Aaron Gordon, Economist And Expert on Manpower, Dies. New York Times. 8 April 1978 . 2016-11-22.
6. Tsui . Anne S. . From Traditional Research to Responsible Research: The Necessity of Scientific Freedom and Scientific Responsibility for Better Societies . Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior . 21 January 2022 . 9 . 1 . 1–32 . 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-062021-021303 . 244238570 . 2327-0608. free .
7. Book: Khurana . Rakesh . From higher aims to hired hands : the social transformation of American business schools and the unfulfilled promise of management as a profession . 2007 . Princeton University Press . Princeton . 9780691145877 . 273.
8. McLaren . Patricia Genoe . Stop Blaming Gordon and Howell: Unpacking the Complex History Behind the Research-Based Model of Education . Academy of Management Learning & Education . March 2019 . 18 . 1 . 43–58 . 10.5465/amle.2017.0311 . 149571315 .
9. News: The more things change... . 22 March 2022 . The Economist . 4 June 2009.
10. Hutchins . John G. B. . Review of Higher Education for Business.; The Education of American Business Men: A Study in University-College Programs in Business Administration. . Administrative Science Quarterly . 1960 . 5 . 2 . 279–295 . 10.2307/2390781 . 2390781 . 22 March 2022 . 0001-8392.
11. Book: McKiernan . P. . Tsui . A. S. . Moosmayer . DC . Laasch . O . Parkes . C . Brown . KG . The Sage Handbook of Responsible Management Learning and Education . 2020 . Responsible Research in Business and Management: transforming doctoral education . Sage Publ. . Thousand Oaks, CA . 485–501.