Roy Gordon was a chemist and a research metallurgist who rose to become President of Inco Limited.
[1] Gordon participated as a soldier from 16 May 1918 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force of World War I.
[3] In 1936 he became associated with Inco as Director of the newly established Research Department at Copper Cliff.
[4] Gordon was fêted by the Canadian Club on 30 November 1964 as he delivered a lecture entitled "Canada - The Common Market - and World Trade".
[5] In December 1967 INCO inaugurated the J. Roy Gordon laboratory in Sheridan Park for its research in extractive metallurgy.