View a eulogy for Charles Richard Gorder, USMA '45, who passed away on August 10, 1991.
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Charles Richard Gorder
West Point, 1945
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Creighton J. Benham on June 23, 2000:
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I did not have the honor of serving under Colonel Gorder, as my term of enlistment was spent in the US Air Force, but I was privileged to work for and with him during the 1970s, following his retirement from active duty. Colonel Gorder was the living definition of the term, "officer and gentleman". He understood both the theory and practice of concepts such as leadership, responsibility, and loyalty; and he possessed a full measure of those virtues - wisdom, kindness, humor, patience, integrity, honesty and so many others - to which we all aspire. Dick Gorder was the best person I ever knew; the world is poorer and we are all diminished for and by his absence. Rest thou well, Dick. I am blessed for having known you. |
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