Robert Gordon of Straloch Robert Gordon of Straloch Robert Gordon of Straloch (14 September 1580 – 18 August 1661) was a Scottish cartographer, noted as a poet, mathematician, antiquary, and geographer, and for his collection of music for the lute. The younger son of Sir John Gordon of Pitlurg, Knight, (died 1600) by his spouse Isabel, daughter of William Forbes, 7th Lord Forbes, Robert Gordon was educated at the Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, of which he was the first graduate, and afterwards at the University of Paris. Sometime after 1608 he acquired the estate of Straloch, north of Aberdeen. After the death of
Robert M. Gordon Robert M. Gordon Robert M. "Bob" Gordon (born July 3, 1950) is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey Senate since January 8, 2008, where he represented the 38th Legislative District until he resigned on April 4, 2018, to accept a cabinet position under Governor Phil Murphy. Gordon served in the General Assembly from 2004 to 2008, and was the 2007 Democratic nominee to succeed outgoing Senator Joseph Coniglio. Gordon graduated with a B.A. from Williams College in Political Economy, awarded an M.P.P. from the University of California, Berkeley in Public Policy, and received an MBA