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Gordon Giffin (Profile)
Those who have done business or politics with Gordon Giffin over the years use roughly the same set of adjectives to describe the 49-year-old Atlanta lawyer who is now the United States' ambassador to Canada. Serious. Analytical. Discreet. Extremely hardworking.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 22, 1999
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Gordon Greene
Gordon (Kay) Greene, musicologist, teacher (born 27 December 1927 in Cardston, Alberta; died 23 September 2018 in Kitchener, ON).
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Gordon Hallett
Gordon (Arnold) Hallett. Pianist, teacher, b Nanton, near Calgary, 28 Nov 1905, d Toronto, 10 Feb 1993; LTCM 1925. He took lessons as a child in Nanton with Leola Alexander, a former Paul Wells pupil, and at age 16 won the Alberta Piano Competition.
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Gordon Hancock
Gordon Hancock. Administrator, pianist, organist-choirmaster, teacher, b Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, 20 Mar 1912, d Regina 22 Jan 1978; ATCM 1930, LTCL 1947, FTCL 1947. His family moved to Canada in 1913.
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Gordon Hilker
John Gordon Hilker, impresario, producer, administrator (born 19 September 1913 in Vancouver, BC; died 4 April 1991)
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Gordon Jeffery
Gordon (Dumaresq) Jeffery. Lawyer, organist, conductor, b London, Ont, 15 Jul 1919, d there 4 Aug 1986; ATCM organ 1942, FRCO 1957, FTCL 1957, honorary FRCCO 1973. While studying law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Jeffery took lessons from Charles Peaker and Healey Willan.
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Gordon Korman
Gordon Korman, writer (born at Montréal, 23 Oct 1963). Raised in Montréal until 1970 when his family moved to Thornhill, Ont, Gordon Korman moved to the United States to attend New York University and received a BA in Dramatic and Visual Writing with a minor in Motion Picture and Television in 1985.
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Gordon Kushner
Gordon Kushner (b George Gershon Kushnir). Pianist, conductor, teacher, b Winnipeg 25 May 1916; d Toronto 8 Sep 2007; LRSM 1938, hon fellowship (RCM) 1991.
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Gordon Lee Atkins
Gordon Lee Atkins, architect (b at Calgary, Alberta 5 March 1937), was raised in Cardston, Alberta. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle (1955-60), graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1960, and won the Faculty Medal for Excellence in Design.
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Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, CC, OOnt, singer, songwriter, guitarist (born 17 November 1938 in Orillia, ON; died 1 May 2023 in Toronto, ON). Gordon Lightfoot is one of the most acclaimed and respected songwriters of the 20th century, and one of the most significant musicians Canada has produced. The country’s top male recording artist of the 1970s, Lightfoot first drew attention in the mid-1960s when his songs were covered by Ian and Sylvia and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others. Lightfoot achieved stardom as a solo artist with such hits as “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” “Carefree Highway” and “Rainy Day People.” His albums have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. He won 12 Juno Awards from 28 nominations, including Male Vocalist of the Year four times (1971–73, 1975) and Folksinger of the Year five times (1970, 1975–78). He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Canada’s Walk of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, the US Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and Canadian Folk Music Walk of Fame, among many other honours.
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Gordon Lightfoot (Profile)
This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 30, 2012. Partner content is not updated. Gordon Lightfoot doesn't much like his house. It's a generic monster home in the posh enclave of Toronto's Bridle Path, and barely older than his car, a 2001 Chevy Malibu, of which he speaks more fondly. ("It runs like a top. Just got a new set of brakes put on.")
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Gordon Macpherson
Gordon (Clarke) Macpherson. Pianist, conductor, b Moose Jaw, Sask, 14 Nov 1924; LRCT 1949, Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1953, M MUS (Indiana) 1974.
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Gordon Manley
Gordon (John) Manley. Pianist, b Vancouver 1 Aug 1915, d New York 1 Jan 1968. His early training in Vancouver was followed by study in New York with Sigismund Stojowski, at the Mannes School, and with Egon Petri.
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Gordon McLean
Gordon McLean. Pianist, teacher, b Winnipeg, 6 Oct 1909; LAB 1926, LRAM 1938, ARCM 1938. He studied piano with Leonard Heaton in Winnipeg, Alberto Guerrero in Toronto, Rudolph Ganz in Chicago, and, following World War II service in The Army Show, with Louis Kentner and Claudio Arrau in London.
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Gordon Merritt Shrum
Gordon Merritt Shrum, OC, OBE, physicist (born 14 January 1896 in Smithville, ON; died 20 June 1985 in Vancouver, BC).
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