1. Gordon Jamison Davis was born on August 7,1941 and is an American lawyer and civic leader.
25 Facts About Gordon Davis
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Gordon Davis was born in Chicago in 1941 and has been a resident of New York City since his graduation from Harvard Law School in 1967, and has been a leader in New York City's public, civic, and legal affairs.
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Since 2012, Davis has been a partner in the New York office of the law firm Venable LLP.
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Gordon Davis was one of the first African Americans to become a partner in a major New York corporate law firm.
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Gordon Davis's parents were Dr W Allison Davis and Elizabeth Stubbs Davis, both Harvard and the University of London trained social anthropologists who collaborated on social-anthropological studies of caste and class in the American South in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Dr Gordon Davis became the John Dewey Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Chicago.
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Gordon Davis attended the public Hyde Park High School and then the private Francis Parker School.
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Gordon Davis attended Williams College, where he graduated in 1963.
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At Williams, Gordon Davis was the vice president of the senior honor society Gargoyle and the co-founder and co-chair of the Williams Civil Rights Committee.
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Gordon Davis was a founder of the Harvard Law School Black Law Students Association.
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In 1973 Lindsay appointed Gordon Davis to be a commissioner of the seven-member New York City Planning Commission.
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Gordon Davis was recognized in 2020 by the New York Landmarks Conservancy as a Living Landmark for his outstanding contributions to the city.
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Since 2012, Gordon Davis has been a partner in the New York office of Venable LLP.
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In 2001 he took a leave of absence from Leboeuf to serve as president of Lincoln Center Inc Gordon Davis has represented a variety of institutions in some of the most important public-private projects in New York City, including the New York Public Library, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Mt.
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Gordon Davis has been recognized as one of New York's most accomplished lawyers and as one of the nation's top African American lawyers.
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Gordon Davis is one of four Founding Trustees of the Central Park Conservancy along with Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, William Sperry Beinecke and Richard Gilder.
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Gordon Davis is the Founding Chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
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Gordon Davis, who served as president of Lincoln Center in 2001, was selected in 2016 as a Founding Member of the Performing Arts Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center.
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Gordon Davis is a Life Trustee of the New York Public Library and was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama to serve a six-year term as a trustee of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Gordon Davis holds honorary degrees from Williams College and Bard College.
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Gordon Davis is a recipient of the Williams College Bicentennial Medal, the Central Park Conservancy Frederick Law Olmsted Medal, and the Medal of the City of New York for Exceptional Service.
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Gordon Davis has been honored by the New York 100 Black Men, the Harlem School of the Arts, the Dance Theater of Harlem, The Citizens Committee for New York, New Yorkers for Parks, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Prospect Park Alliance.
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Gordon Davis is a recipient of Jazz at Lincoln Center's Ed Bradley Award for Leadership, and was designated in 2020 as a NYC Living Landmark.
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Gordon Davis' brother, Allison Stubbs Gordon Davis was born on August 31,1939 and lives in Chicago.
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Gordon Davis is a lawyer, real estate developer, and community planner.