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'''Robert Aaron Gordon''' (July 26, 1908 – April 7, 1978) was an [[United States|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]].<ref name="cdlib">{{cite web|url=http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb1j49n6pv&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00038&toc.depth=1&toc.id=|publisher=texts.cdlib.org|title=University of California: In Memoriam, 1980|accessdate=2016-11-22}}</ref>
'''Robert Aaron Gordon''' (born Aaron Goldstein;<ref name="University1937">{{cite book|title=Historical register of Harvard University, 1636-1936|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oydOAAAAMAAJ|year=1937|publisher=Harvard University}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="cdlib">{{cite web|url=http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb1j49n6pv&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00038&toc.depth=1&toc.id=|publisher=texts.cdlib.org|title=University of California: In Memoriam, 1980|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref>


Both of his sons, [[Robert J. Gordon]] and [[David Gordon (economist)|David M. Gordon]], became notable economists as well.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/08/archives/robert-aaron-gordon-economist-and-expert-on-manpower-dies-adviser.html|work=New York Times|title=Robert Aaron Gordon, Economist And Expert on Manpower, Dies|accessdate=2016-11-22}}</ref>
He was married to economist [[Margaret Gordon (economist)|Margaret Gordon]] (1910–94).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49852577|title=A biographical dictionary of women economists|date=2000|publisher=Edward Elgar|others=Robert W. Dimand, Mary Ann Dimand, Evelyn L. Forget|isbn=1-84376-142-4|location=Cheltenham, UK|oclc=49852577}}</ref><ref name="Saxon">{{cite news |last1=Saxon |first1=Wolfgang |title=Margaret S. Gordon, 83, Dies; Economist and Prolific Author |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/02/obituaries/margaret-s-gordon-83-dies-economist-and-prolific-author.html |access-date=22 March 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=2 June 1994}}</ref> Both of their sons, [[Robert J. Gordon]] and [[David Gordon (economist)|David M. Gordon]], became notable economists as well.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/08/archives/robert-aaron-gordon-economist-and-expert-on-manpower-dies-adviser.html|work=New York Times|title=Robert Aaron Gordon, Economist And Expert on Manpower, Dies|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Tsui">{{cite journal |last1=Tsui |first1=Anne S. |title=From Traditional Research to Responsible Research: The Necessity of Scientific Freedom and Scientific Responsibility for Better Societies |journal=Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior |date=21 January 2022 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=1–32 |doi=10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-062021-021303 |s2cid=244238570 |url=https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-062021-021303 |access-date=21 March 2022 |issn=2327-0608|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Khurana">{{cite book |last1=Khurana |first1=Rakesh |title=From higher aims to hired hands : the social transformation of American business schools and the unfulfilled promise of management as a profession |date=2007 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton |isbn=9780691145877 |page=273}}</ref><ref name="McLaren">{{cite journal |last1=McLaren |first1=Patricia Genoe |title=Stop Blaming Gordon and Howell: Unpacking the Complex History Behind the Research-Based Model of Education |journal=Academy of Management Learning & Education |date=March 2019 |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=43–58 |doi=10.5465/amle.2017.0311 |s2cid=149571315 |url=https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2017.0311}}</ref><ref name="Economist">{{cite news |title=The more things change... |url=https://www.economist.com/business/2009/06/04/the-more-things-change |access-date=22 March 2022 |newspaper=The Economist |date=4 June 2009}}</ref><ref name="Hutchins">{{cite journal |last1=Hutchins |first1=John G. B. |title=Review of Higher Education for Business.; The Education of American Business Men: A Study in University-College Programs in Business Administration. |journal=Administrative Science Quarterly |date=1960 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=279–295 |doi=10.2307/2390781 |jstor=2390781 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/2390781 |access-date=22 March 2022 |issn=0001-8392}}</ref>
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.<ref name="McKiernan">{{cite book |author-last1=McKiernan |author-first1=P. |author-last2=Tsui |author-first2=A. S. |editor-last1=Moosmayer |editor-first1=DC |editor-last2=Laasch |editor-first2=O |editor-last3=Parkes |editor-first3=C |editor-last4=Brown |editor-first4=KG |title=The Sage Handbook of Responsible Management Learning and Education |date=2020 | chapter=Responsible Research in Business and Management: transforming doctoral education |publisher=Sage Publ. |location=Thousand Oaks, CA |pages=485–501}}</ref><ref name="Tsui"/>


== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Wikiquote-inline|Robert Aaron Gordon}}


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Latest revision as of 23:47, 13 December 2023

R. Aaron Gordon
Born
Aaron Goldstein

(1908-07-26)July 26, 1908
Washington, DC
DiedApril 7, 1978(1978-04-07) (aged 69)
Berkeley, California
NationalityAmerican
SpouseMargaret Gordon
Academic career
InstitutionUniversity of California, Berkeley
FieldMacroeconomics
School or
tradition		Keynesian
Alma materHarvard University
Johns Hopkins University

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Historical register of Harvard University, 1636-1936. Harvard University. 1937.
  2. ^ "University of California: In Memoriam, 1980". texts.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  3. ^ A biographical dictionary of women economists. Robert W. Dimand, Mary Ann Dimand, Evelyn L. Forget. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 2000. ISBN 1-84376-142-4. OCLC 49852577.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (2 June 1994). "Margaret S. Gordon, 83, Dies; Economist and Prolific Author". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Robert Aaron Gordon, Economist And Expert on Manpower, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  6. ^ a b Tsui, Anne S. (21 January 2022). "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. 9 (1): 1–32. doi:10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-062021-021303. ISSN 2327-0608. S2CID 244238570. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  7. ^ Khurana, Rakesh (2007). From higher aims to hired hands : the social transformation of American business schools and the unfulfilled promise of management as a profession. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 273. ISBN 9780691145877.
  8. ^ McLaren, Patricia Genoe (March 2019). "Stop Blaming Gordon and Howell: Unpacking the Complex History Behind the Research-Based Model of Education". Academy of Management Learning & Education. 18 (1): 43–58. doi:10.5465/amle.2017.0311. S2CID 149571315.
  9. ^ "The more things change..." The Economist. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  10. ^ Hutchins, John G. B. (1960). "Review of Higher Education for Business.; The Education of American Business Men: A Study in University-College Programs in Business Administration". Administrative Science Quarterly. 5 (2): 279–295. doi:10.2307/2390781. ISSN 0001-8392. JSTOR 2390781. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  11. ^ McKiernan, P.; Tsui, A. S. (2020). "Responsible Research in Business and Management: transforming doctoral education". In Moosmayer, DC; Laasch, O; Parkes, C; Brown, KG (eds.). The Sage Handbook of Responsible Management Learning and Education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publ. pp. 485–501.

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