death_date death_place school_tradition influences color contributions nationality awards institution field birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
05 july 2010 summit , new jersey post-keynesian economics john maynard keynes darkorange gordon model american ford fellow -lrb- 1982 -rrb- president , american finance association -lrb- foundation 1975 -rrb- fellow , royal society of canada -lrb- 1993 faculty -rrb- honorary doctor of laws , mcmaster university -lrb- 1993 fellow -rrb- honorary doctor of laws , university of toronto -lrb- -lrb- 2005 -rrb- 1963 -rrb- connaught faculty university of toronto financial economics 15 october 1920 myron_j . _ gordon.jpg myron j. gordon
 myron j. gordon wisconsin-madison -rrb- -lrb- b.a. 1941 -rrb- harvard -lrb- ph.d. 1947
myron j. gordon

myron j. gordon -lrb- october 15 , 1920 -- july 5 , 2010 -rrb- was an american economist .
he was professor emeritus of finance at the rotman school of management , university of toronto .
in 1956 , gordon along with eli shapiro , published a method for valuing a stock or business , now known as gordon growth model .
gordon held a b.a. from the university of wisconsin -- madison -lrb- 1941 -rrb- , a m.a. from harvard university -lrb- 1947 -rrb- , and a ph.d. from harvard -lrb- 1952 -rrb- .
he was an assistant professor at carnegie mellon university -lrb- 1947 -- 1952 -rrb- , then an associate professor at the massachusetts institute of technology -lrb- 1952 -- 1962 -rrb- and a professor at the university of rochester -lrb- 1962 -- 1970 -rrb- prior to joining the university of toronto in 1970 .
his contributions to the field of accounting -lrb- and the application of economics and mathematics to accounting -rrb- are especially significant and worthy to note .
as a leading author of accounting textbooks , he helped educate generations of accounting , business , and management students .
gordon served as president of the american finance association in 1975 -- 1976 .
he was named a fellow of the royal society of canada in 1993 , and received an honorary doctor of laws degree at mcmaster university in 1993 , and another at the university of toronto in 2005 .
he died at the age of 89 at his home in summit , new jersey .
