THOMAS GORDON

After graduation,I continued the road of under achiever for another 2 years. Got a summer job working for Merrill Lynch in 1980 in Commodities and never looked back. Went from runner, to working at several financial firms, to being Vice president and partner in a boutique brokerage firm in 1985. In 1991, I sold out my interests and have worked for myself ever since. I was elected to the Board of Directos in 2005 and aided in the transition to computerized trading and the exchanges IPO. In 2007, I was elected Vice Chairman.

After living in NYC the past five years, my lovely wife of 21 years, Viriginia and I have moved back to out house just north of West Point on the Hudson River. With our son entering his third year at Pepperdine and daughter entering her sophomore year at Loyola, we continue to struggle with the conflicting emotions of empty nest.

Definitely not the high point in my life but still memories I cherish. The basketball championship in 75' and many night in our custom "fort' in the lumberyard.