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Son of James L. Gordon, the first elected Municipal Mayor of Olongapo and Amelia J. Gordon, the first elected City Mayor of Olongapo |
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Youngest Delegate in 1971 Constitutional Convention of the Philippines |
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Served as the youngest City Mayor of Olongapo in 1980 |
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1991 Aurora Aragon Quezon Peace Awardee |
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Gold Vision Triangle Awardee filipinofirst |
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Awarded for Outstanding and Dynamic Leadership in Government Service by the International Lions Club |
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Recipient of Republic Day Award from the National Council of Women of the Philippines |
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1983 Professional Awardee in the Public Administration by the UP Alumni Association |
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Named Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in Public Administration (1982) |
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Dakilang Guro Awardee, Division of City Schools Olongapo City |
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Silver Humanitarian Awardee by the Philippine National Red Cross in 2001 |
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Named one of the 50 Young Leaders of Asia in 1994 (Asahi Shimbun, Japan) |
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Named one of the 20 Great Asians of the Future in Asiaweek Magazine in 1995 |
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Youngest Awardee of The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) by the Philippine Jaycees in 1996 |
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1997 Outstanding Alumnus in Public Service, Letran College |
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1997 Most Distinguished Alumnus, UP Alumni Association |
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As Tourism Secretary, initiated the campaign: “WOW Philippines! More than the usual!” |
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Led the successful conversion of the former United States’ naval facility in Subic Bay by turning it into the one of Philippines’ primary trade zones |
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As founding Chair and Administrator of the SBMA, transformed Subic into a premier investment hub that hosted the 4th APEC Leaders Summit in 1996 |
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Elected member of the Governing Board of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
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Initiated the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) Millennium Fund in 2000 from corporate donorsfilipinofirst |
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Initiated in 1997 the creation of an Asian Disaster Training and Logistics Center in Subic Bay to help plan, prepare for and to mitigate calamities and disasters in the region |
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Authored the Filipino World War II Veterans Pensions and Benefits Act of 2008 removing the prohibition against our veterans receiving benefits from the United States government |
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Hailed as the “Shogun of Subic”, “Messiah of Subic”, “Sultan of Subic” and “Flash Gordon of the Philippines” by various international publicationsfilipinofirst |
