On Sunday, February 1, 2004, MICHAEL S. GORDON, of Bethesda, MD. Beloved husband of Sonya Gordon; devoted father of Elizabeth Gordon Jonckheer (Willem); cherished grandfather of Katherine and Anna. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 4, 10:30 a.m., Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC. Interment Garden of Remembrance, Clarksburg, MD. Shiva to be announced at service. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in his memory may be made to the Pension Rights Center, Washington, DC. Arrangements by DANZANSKY-GOLDBERG MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC., 301-340-1400.
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Atty Mike Gordon was a leading Technical Advisor to our Coalition for Retirement Security-CRS, a national, all volunteer, grass roots org.
Mike was also a champion to pensioners when he led the effort in writing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act-ERISA legislation. I knew Mike from the 70's when I was Co-Chair of the pre-ERISA Pension Losers' Committee,(grass roots) and then co-chair of the Citizens' Commission on Pension Policy,another grass roots org, established in '79 to shadow and have input on the Presidents' Commission on Pension Policy, born during the Carter administration. Mike also played a significant role in helping form the National Retiree Legislative Network-NRLN, a legislative off-shoot of the CRS. Mike also served on the advisory board of the Pension Rights Center in Washington, DC.
Mike Gordon will be missed by all of us.
Paul R. Edwards, Chair-Coalition for Retirement Security,CRS
We are sad to report Richard Brooks, President of the Association of Former Pan Am Employees Inc., (AFPAE) passed away September 6, 2003. He leaves behind a wonderful legacy and will be missed by all who knew him.
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