Bruce Gordon | |
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President and CEO of the NAACP | |
In office 2005–2007 | |
Preceded by | Dennis Courtland Hayes (acting) |
Succeeded by | Dennis Courtland Hayes (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Bruce Scott Gordon February 15, 1946 Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
Education | Gettysburg College (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MBA) |
Bruce Scott Gordon (born February 15, 1946) is an American business executive who spent most of his career with Verizon and currently serves as a corporate director of CBS, Northrop Grumman, and Tyco International. He was selected in June 2005 to head the NAACP, a major American civil rights organization.[1] Gordon served in that position until March 2007.