Robert Gordon University Robert Gordon University Robert Gordon University, commonly called RGU, is a public university in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It became a university in 1992, and originated from an educational institution founded in the 18th century by Robert Gordon, a prosperous Aberdeen merchant, and various institutions which provided adult education and technical education in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is one of two universities in the city (the other is the much older University of Aberdeen). According to the 2013 "Times Good University Guide" it is the best modern university in the UK, while according to "The Guardian
Robert J. Gordon Robert J. Gordon Robert James "Bob" Gordon is an American economist. He is the Stanley G. Harris Professor of the Social Sciences at Northwestern University. He is known for his work on productivity, growth, the causes of unemployment, and airline economics. Gordon graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. from Harvard University in 1962. He then attended Oxford University and received his B.A. in 1964. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1967 with a dissertation titled "Problems in the Measurement of Real Investment in the U.S. Private Economy." From 1995 to 1997, he served on the Boskin Commission to