Gordon David Borisovich (12 March 1938, Riga) — mechanical engineer, educator and coach.
During the Second World War, David Gordon was evacuated with his mother and elder brother to the city of Semipalatinsk. In 1945, he returned to Riga and enrolled at School No. 77. He completed Secondary School No. 22 in 1955 and entered the Latvian Agricultural Academy, where he studied for two years until 1957.
That year, he was drafted into the Soviet Army and stationed in Kandalaksha, Murmansk Region. In April 1958, he was discharged due to a head injury. After demobilisation, he returned to live with his parents while undergoing treatment.
From 1958 to 1962, he worked as a repair and tool locksmith at the Riga Electromechanical Plant “REZ”. In 1962, he transferred to the “Kompressor” plant, also as a locksmith, while studying part-time at the Institute of Physical Culture, from which he graduated in 1963.
In February 1965, he briefly worked (for six days) as a methodologist at Motor Transport Office No. 25 (ATK-25) in Riga, before returning to the “Kompressor” plant. There, he held various positions: workshop foreman for refrigeration units, senior engineer in the Chief Mechanical Department (OGM), senior equipment engineer in the energy-mechanical department, equipment mechanic, and chief mechanic of the bureau for equipment, spare parts, and materials.
In 1964, he enrolled in the correspondence division of the Kaliningrad Technological Institute of the Fishing Industry, Faculty of “Compressor and Refrigeration Machines”, graduating in 1974.
In 1979, David Gordon emigrated to Israel for permanent residence.
Private, military ID No. 243/32450.
In 1964, he married Khasa Isaakovna Gordon (née Roitman). They had one daughter, Esfir Davidovna Gordon (born 30 September 1965), who studied at Secondary School No. 10 in Riga.
David Gordon was the son of Ber Moiseevich Gordon and Risa Izrailevna Gordon (née Dubina) (1911, Riga – 1976, Riga), a saleswoman. He was the brother of Ruben Berovich Gordon.
His maternal aunt, Tsilya Aronovna Barkan, emigrated to Israel in 1923. His cousin, Arkady Zalmanovich Barkan (born 1930, Israel – (?)), was a physician in an Israeli hospital.