Spotlight on New Member, Gordon Gallatin
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Gordon Gallatin was born January 11, 1938 in Houston, Texas and raised in Baytown, Texas. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1955 and Lee College in 1957. He attended The University of Texas, The University of Houston and graduated from The American Management Institute. Gordon spent seventeen years with the Houston Post Newspaper as the Director of State Circulation and Marketing Director for the Circulation Division. After The Houston Post closed, Gordon went to Beaumont, Texas and established the Beaumont Examiner Newspaper. He was later hired as the Publisher of The Sentinel newspapers for Houston Community Newspapers and rose to Regional Publisher over nine of their newspapers. After the reorganization for the sale of HCN, Gordon moved to The Baytown Sun as Director of Advertising. Gordon was offered the Advertising Director position for Tom Cook’s Dock Line Magazines and made the move.
Gallatin is a Lifetime Member and Lifetime Committeeman with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Gordon’s hobby is Community Theater. He has directed or appeared in over eighty productions mainly at The Baytown Little Theater. Recently, he directed the musical “Always…Patsy Cline” and will direct the Rogers and Hammerstein musical “ A Grand Night for Singing” in December 2014 and January 2015.
Rotary became part of Gordon’s life in 2002 when he joined the North Shore Rotary. While at North Shore, Gordon served in several positions. He is a strong believer in the Four Way Test and Service Above Self.
Gordon is now a proud member of The Rotary Club of Humble Intercontinental and is looking forward to building many relationships.