Gordon Stick

Gordon Stick
Born	Gordon Malvern Fair Stick (1903-07-17)July 17, 1903 Nagoya, Japan
💀Died	October 24, 1986(1986-10-24) (aged 83) Baltimore, MarylandOctober 24, 1986(1986-10-24) (aged 83)
Resting place	Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland 39°18′25.3″N 76°36′30.5″W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽
🏳️ Nationality	American
🏫 Education	Johns Hopkins University
💼 Occupation	Businessman
Title	20th President General of the General Society of the War of 1812
Term	1970–1975
Predecessor	John Whelchel Finger
Successor	Malcolm de la Houssaye

Gordon Stick (born Gordon Malvern Fair Stick; July 17, 1903 – October 24, 1986) was an American businessman from Baltimore, Maryland, who served as the 20th President General of the General Society of the War of 1812 from 1970 to 1975.

Early life and career

Gordon Stick was born in Nagoya, Japan, to Estes Pearl (née Fair) and Jacob Monroe Stick, a Lutheran minister and missionary. The family moved from Japan to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1913. After graduating from the Johns Hopkins University (where he was a classmate of Alger Hiss) he began his career as an investment banker and retired as Vice President of Sales for FX Hooper Company, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland.

Later life and death

Stick held leadership roles in numerous community and historical projects in Baltimore, Maryland, including serving as chairman of the restoration committee for the USS Constellation, curator of the Lacrosse Museum at Johns Hopkins University, president of the American College of Heraldry and Arms, and organizer of an historical naval reenactment of the War of 1812's battle at Fort McHenry. He served from 1972 to 1976 as American Grand Prior IV of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem. He died in October 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland, aged 83.

References

1. ^ Correspondence with T. H. F. Stick
2. ^ Ancestry.com
3. ^ Correspondence with T. H. F. Stick
4. ^ Grand Priors on the US Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem website
5. ^ Coat of arms grant documents, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum
6. ^ Correspondence with T. H. F. Stick

External links

• Gordon Stick at Find a Grave

Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by John Whelchel Finger	President General of the General Society of the War of 1812 1970–1975	Succeeded by Malcolm de la Houssaye

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