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Educational psychologist Edmund Gordon still active at 104

By Doug Doyle
Published May 25, 2026 at 7:32 AM EDT
Edmund Gordon at his home in Skyview Acres
Jon Kalish
Edmund Gordon at his home in Skyview Acres

After World War II, a unique racially integrated community was built in Rockland County, New York in the town of Pomona.

Over the years Skyview Acres has been home to several prominent political activists, as well as accomplished doctors and professors.

WBGO’s Jon Kalish introduces us to one of them, a 104 year-old psychologist, Edmund Gordon, who is still professionally active…

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Doug Doyle
Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
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