Commencement 2019
Denison University’s 178th Commencement took place on Saturday, May 18. Watch the ceremony in its entirety including commencement keynote speaker Jennifer Garner ’94.
Gordon Lecture
Gordon Lecture
Upcoming Events
Here are just a few notable speakers from past years:
- Michael Starbird, mathematician & co-author of “The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking”
- Michael Nielson, writer, scientist, programmer & author of “Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science”
- Robin J. Wilson, mathematician & former editor-in-chief of the European Mathematical Society Newsletter
About the Series
The Doris G. Gordon Lecture Series is named in honor of Doris Gilbert Gordon, a high school mathematics teacher and a friend of Denison. Newark attorney L. James Gordon (’50) and his sister, Janet Gordon Forbes (’55), established the Doris G. Gordon fund in memory of their mother who had a great love of mathematics.
Doris Gordon was a long time resident of Granville and wife of Leland J. Gordon who was a Denison professor of economics. Mrs. Gordon earned a B.A. in mathematics from Swarthmore College and an M.A. in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to being a high school teacher in Pennsylvania and Ohio, she was an instructor in the V-12 Program at Denison in World War II and was later associated with Owens-Corning in a research capacity. Mrs. Gordon also provided her husband with mathematical and statistical data that he used in numerous textbooks.
