Gordon Davis

Biography

Gordon Jamison Davis (August 7, 1941 – October 4, 2026) was an American lawyer and civic leader. He was born in Chicago in 1941 and moved to New York City after his graduation from Harvard Law School in 1967, where he became a leader in New York City's public, civic, and legal affairs. He was Mayor Ed Koch's first New York City Parks Commissioner and is considered to have been New York's most successful parks commissioner since the Robert Moses era.

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