Gordon Griffin ’40

Gordon died Jan. 29, 2016, in Skillman, N.J. He was born in Detroit, raised in the Princeton area, and came to the University from Trenton High School. At Princeton, he took his meals at Key and Seal.

During World War II, Gordon was in the Army field artillery and participated in five battles in Europe, including Normandy, and won a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. After Penn Law School, Gordon co-founded Mason & Griffin in Princeton, which became one of the area’s leading law firms.

The list of boards he sat on and other involvements with civic, legal, and charitable organizations is extensive and emblematic of Gordon’s commitment to his community and his profession. For many years he was municipal attorney for the township and borough of Princeton and president of several bar associations, as well as active in the Princeton Lions Club and Westminster Choir College. Gordon was also the Class of 1940 reunion chairman from 2000 to 2004.

Gordon was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, Sallie, in 1999. He is survived by a daughter and two sons and their families, which include nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.