Jay H. Gordon (October 10, 1930 – December 4, 2007) was a

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Democratic politician who served as

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from 1965 until 1969.Jay H. Gordon (Obituary)
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'', December 11, 2007 Gordon was born in 1930 in

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. He attended the Dean Academy in Massachusetts and later graduated from the

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in 1953. He subsequently earned his master's degree from

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in 1959. While studying for his master's degree, Gordon worked as an auditor at Peat, Marwick Mitchell and Company. He was later a partner with Bliss, Lawlor and Company from 1959 to 1965. In 1964, he married his wife, Joan, in Massachusetts. They had two sons. Gordon then served as Vermont's Auditor from 1965 until 1969 under the administration of

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Philip Hoff. Following his service as state auditor, Gordon served as a partner with the Jay H. Gordon accounting firm from 1970 until 1987. In 1987, he joined Smith, Batchelder and Rugg. In 1990, he became a professor of accounting at

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until his retirement in 2001. During the

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, he served in the

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as a First Lieutenant. Gordon died along with his wife, Joan, on December 4, 2007, after a fire engulfed their home in Montpelier. He was 77. The official cause of death was smoke inhalation.Cause of death released in fatal Montpelier fire
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