Ron at Prospectus Gallery Exhibition in 2014 photo by Michael Mauney
Born in Chicago 1942
Elementary and Secondary Education in Chicago Public Schools 1961
Bachelor in English and French Language at University of Illinois 1965
Year in France teaching English in French Lycée. 1965-1966
Masters Degree in Language and Literature at University of Illinois 1968
Post Masters work in Literature, Film and photography at University of Illinois 1972
Moved back to Chicago and opened Photography Studio and Darkroom Print Lab 1973
Worked Full Time as Architectural and Historic Preservation Photographer and Printer
Adjunct Professor of Photography for Architecture Students at the Institute of Design Illinois Institute of Technology 1999-2010
Moved to Durham, North Carolina 2016
Link to Chicago History Museum Blog:
https://www.chicagohistory.org/ron-gordon-visual-materials-1971-2016/