John Francis “Jack” Gordon was born June 30, 1921, in Portland, and came to Seattle when he was a child. He graduated from O’Dea High School, attended the University of Washington and ...

he founded the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies at Florida International University. Mr. Gordon's first wife, Barbara, died in 1981. He later married Washington ...

the man who brought good food and exquisite hospitality to Seattle, has died. He was 87 and had suffered a bad fall in the past week or two, said Jack Gordon, a longtime friend and associate.