Beatrice "Babs" Gordon

Beatrice (Babs) Gordon grew up in Chicago but began her long journey through higher education at Vassar College. Returning home, she became a certified medical technologist (ASCP) at Augustana Hospital. Gordon attended Northwestern University and then moved to California with her husband, who was stationed there with the U.S. Navy. The family came to the Phoenix area in 1962. She returned to her education after the last child started college. She received a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees at ASU, one in English literature and the other in applied ethics and the professions. She taught in the Department of English for 16 years. She is an Instructor Emerita and an active member of the Emeritus College.

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