Rev. Harrington M. Gordon Jr. ’52

Rev. Harrington M. Gordon Jr. ’52, of Charlestown, R.I.; Mar. 21. After graduating from Brown he entered Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Wisconsin and earned a master’s in divinity. He was ordained to the Diaconate at the Cathedral of St. John, Providence, and on March 24, 1956, he was ordained to the priesthood. After serving as curate of All Saints Memorial Church in Providence from 1955 to 1957, he was appointed rector of St. Mark’s Church in Warren, R.I., leaving in 1960 for an appointment as rector of Trinity Church in Pawtuxet. There, he served for more than three decades before retiring in 1994. Rev. Gordon also served the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island as director of the Episcopal Conference Center for more than 30 years. In 1989, he  was awarded the Max L. Grant Foundation Award for Distinguished and Meritorious Service on behalf of the Episcopal Charities Fund of Rhode Island. On December 1, 1960, he was appointed Rhode Island State Police Chaplain and nearly 30 years later was made an honorary lieutenant colonel.