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词条 Melvin Gordon (businessman)
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Melvin J. Gordon (November 26, 1919 – January 20, 2015) was an American business executive and businessman. He served as the chairman and CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries for fifty-three years, from 1962 until January 2015.[1][2][3] Gordon, who was 95 years old, was the oldest CEO of a company trading on a major American stock exchange at the time of his death in 2015.[4] He oversaw the day-to-day production of the company's trademark brands, including Tootsie Rolls, Tootsie Pops, Junior Mints, and Charleston Chews. As of 2015, the company manufactures approximately sixty-four million Tootsie Rolls per day.[1][2]

Biography

Gordon was born in November 26, 1919, in Boston, Massachusetts.[3][5] He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1941 and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1943.[3][5] After college, Gordon moved to a military training school in Camp Lee, Virginia, where he was hired as a quartermaster instructor. He later became the editor of Quartermaster Journal.[3] Gordon then became the chief executive of a women’s hosiery and knitwear company headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire.[3]

Melvin Gordon married his wife, the former Ellen Rubin, in 1950.[3] Ellen Gordon's father was William Rubin, the president of the Sweets Company of America, which manufactured Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops.[3] Gordon became the CEO of the company in 1962, a position he held until his death in January 2015. The company changed its name to Tootsie Roll Industries in 1966.[6]

Under Gordon, Tootsie Roll Industries acquired Mason and Bonomo, the manufacturer of Dots gumdrops, during the 1970s.[2] The company also purchased the Charm Company, the maker of Charms Blow Pops, in the 1980s.[2] Gordon added the Junior Mints and Sugar Daddy's to the company's product acquisitions during the 1990s.[2] He also oversaw the purchase of the Dubble Bubble and Andes Chocolate Mints by Tootsie Roll Industries in the early 2000s.[2]

In 2006, Gordon donated $25 million to build the Ellen and Melvin Gordon Center for Integrative Science (or GCIS [ʤisɪs]) at the University of Chicago.[7] Candy Industry Magazine awarded Gordon its Kettle Award in 2009. Ellen Gordon, the company's president, also received the Kettle Award in 1985.[2] The Gordons became the first husband and wife to win the award, which the magazine nicknamed "Kettle's First Couple."[2]

Gordon continued to work a full daily schedule until December 2014.[1][4] Melvin Gordon died in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 20, 2015, following a short illness at the age of 95.[1] He was survived by Ellen Gordon, his wife of 65 years, and their four daughters, Virginia L. Gordon, Wendy J. Gordon, Lisa J. Gordon and Karen Gordon Mills.[3]

Gordon's widow, Tootsie Roll Industries president and chief operating officer Ellen Gordon, was appointed as the company's new chairman and CEO by the board of directors following her husband's death.[1]

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|first=|last=|title=Melvin Gordon, Tootsie Roll CEO, 95 |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20150124_Melvin_Gordon___Tootsie_Roll_CEO__95.html#OSyDbAiq6MKVfIzm.99 |work=Philadelphia Inquirer |date=2015-01-24 |accessdate=2015-02-20}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news|first=Abigail|last=Watt|title=CEO and Chairman of Tootsie Roll Melvin Gordon dies at 95 |url=http://www.candyindustry.com/articles/86592-ceo-and-chairman-of-tootsie-roll-melvin-gordon-dies-at-95 |work=Candy Industry |date=2015-01-22 |accessdate=2015-02-20}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news|first=Stephanie|last=Strom |title=Melvin J. Gordon, Who Ran Tootsie Roll Industries, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/business/melvin-j-gordon-who-ran-tootsie-roll-industries-dies-at-95.html?_r=0 |work=New York Times |date=2015-01-21 |accessdate=2015-02-20}}
4. ^1 {{cite news|first=Carla K.|last=Johnson |title=Melvin Gordon, who turned humble Tootsie Roll's popularity into candy empire, dies at 95 |work=Associated Press (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) |date=2015-01-21 }}
5. ^1 {{cite news|first=Carla K.|last=Johnson |title=Melvin Gordon dies at 95; longtime Tootsie Roll CEO |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-melvin-gordon-tootsie-roll-20150122-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2015-01-21 |accessdate=2015-02-20}}
6. ^{{cite news|first=Hank |last=Schlesinger |title=Melvin Gordon Is Dead At 95; Led Tootsie Roll Industries |url=http://www.vendingtimes.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=EB79A487112B48A296B38C81345C8C7F&nm=Vending+Features&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=8C941F131B524EDDBD37E3F5F103597E |work=Vending Times |date=2015-02-02 |accessdate=2015-02-20}}
7. ^{{cite news|first=Matt |last=Wood |title=Melvin Gordon, Tootsie Roll CEO and supporter of research at UChicago, 1919-2015 |work=University of Chicago News |date=2015-01-23 }}
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