Academic appointment
Dr. Gordon is an emeritus professor of nursing at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Writing and scholarship
Dr. Gordon is the author of four books, including the Manual of Nursing Diagnosis, now in its twelfth edition. Her books appear in ten different languages, in forty-eight countries and six continents.
She has contributed significantly to the development of standardized nursing language. Dr. Gordon's work in this sphere has implications for research, education, evaluation of competency, and the establishment of a core of nursing knowledge based on evidence. This language will also form the basis of the nursing component of the electronic medical record.
Education
Marjory Gordon is an alumna of the Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Hunter College of the City University of New York and her PhD from Boston College.
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjory_Gordon