Fallon Turley Gordon(7/21/36-3/18/23), preceded in death by his beloved wife Mary; parents Warren & Elizabeth Gordon, is survived by his 3 children.
(Captain of the football team, All Conference, captain basketball team All Conference, All Tournament; baseball, Student Affairs Council, Most Representative; Prefect.) UTAustin (All Southwest Conference Track & Field) and UTMB, Galveston with a General Surgery Residency; Head & Neck Surgery, MD Anderson; Brooks Army Hospital & the 2nd Surgical MASH unit, Viet Nam, where he helped to form the Chu Lai Medical Society, won the Army Commendation Award; had a large trauma practice & treated numerous tropical diseases like the Leper Colony at Phu Bai. After VN he returned to UTMB to do a Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery residency; he worked with DeBakey's team, Methodist; helped initiate & develop the 1st Open Heart Surgical Program in Beaumont; formed a professional association & joined a practice there; was Chief of Surgery in hospitals, Chief of Staff in Beaumont; Regional Dir. of the AHA & joined state, national, & international societies; he also trained at Cooley's THI, Houston; also with Dr. Alain Carpentier, Hospital Broussais in Paris, France, Valvular Repair Technologies; was certified in Thorascopy & Laser surgery of blood vessels, bronchi, head & neck (UCLA & UTMB); received certification in endovascular techniques & stenting; then returned to private practice.
Saving lives was Fallon's calling but loving his family was his life. Instead of flowers, please give to the AHA. Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery Mar. 29 10:00 Service at The Chapel of the Angels Viewing from 8:30-9:30 Wed 3/29/23 Burial is from 11:00-12:00
(Captain of the football team, All Conference, captain basketball team All Conference, All Tournament; baseball, Student Affairs Council, Most Representative; Prefect.) UTAustin (All Southwest Conference Track & Field) and UTMB, Galveston with a General Surgery Residency; Head & Neck Surgery, MD Anderson; Brooks Army Hospital & the 2nd Surgical MASH unit, Viet Nam, where he helped to form the Chu Lai Medical Society, won the Army Commendation Award; had a large trauma practice & treated numerous tropical diseases like the Leper Colony at Phu Bai. After VN he returned to UTMB to do a Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery residency; he worked with DeBakey's team, Methodist; helped initiate & develop the 1st Open Heart Surgical Program in Beaumont; formed a professional association & joined a practice there; was Chief of Surgery in hospitals, Chief of Staff in Beaumont; Regional Dir. of the AHA & joined state, national, & international societies; he also trained at Cooley's THI, Houston; also with Dr. Alain Carpentier, Hospital Broussais in Paris, France, Valvular Repair Technologies; was certified in Thorascopy & Laser surgery of blood vessels, bronchi, head & neck (UCLA & UTMB); received certification in endovascular techniques & stenting; then returned to private practice.
Saving lives was Fallon's calling but loving his family was his life. Instead of flowers, please give to the AHA. Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery Mar. 29 10:00 Service at The Chapel of the Angels Viewing from 8:30-9:30 Wed 3/29/23 Burial is from 11:00-12:00
Fallon Turley Gordon(7/21/36-3/18/23), preceded in death by his beloved wife Mary; parents Warren & Elizabeth Gordon, is survived by his 3 children.
(Captain of the football team, All Conference, captain basketball team All Conference, All Tournament; baseball, Student Affairs Council, Most Representative; Prefect.) UTAustin (All Southwest Conference Track & Field) and UTMB, Galveston with a General Surgery Residency; Head & Neck Surgery, MD Anderson; Brooks Army Hospital & the 2nd Surgical MASH unit, Viet Nam, where he helped to form the Chu Lai Medical Society, won the Army Commendation Award; had a large trauma practice & treated numerous tropical diseases like the Leper Colony at Phu Bai. After VN he returned to UTMB to do a Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery residency; he worked with DeBakey's team, Methodist; helped initiate & develop the 1st Open Heart Surgical Program in Beaumont; formed a professional association & joined a practice there; was Chief of Surgery in hospitals, Chief of Staff in Beaumont; Regional Dir. of the AHA & joined state, national, & international societies; he also trained at Cooley's THI, Houston; also with Dr. Alain Carpentier, Hospital Broussais in Paris, France, Valvular Repair Technologies; was certified in Thorascopy & Laser surgery of blood vessels, bronchi, head & neck (UCLA & UTMB); received certification in endovascular techniques & stenting; then returned to private practice.
Saving lives was Fallon's calling but loving his family was his life. Instead of flowers, please give to the AHA. Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery Mar. 29 10:00 Service at The Chapel of the Angels Viewing from 8:30-9:30 Wed 3/29/23 Burial is from 11:00-12:00
(Captain of the football team, All Conference, captain basketball team All Conference, All Tournament; baseball, Student Affairs Council, Most Representative; Prefect.) UTAustin (All Southwest Conference Track & Field) and UTMB, Galveston with a General Surgery Residency; Head & Neck Surgery, MD Anderson; Brooks Army Hospital & the 2nd Surgical MASH unit, Viet Nam, where he helped to form the Chu Lai Medical Society, won the Army Commendation Award; had a large trauma practice & treated numerous tropical diseases like the Leper Colony at Phu Bai. After VN he returned to UTMB to do a Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery residency; he worked with DeBakey's team, Methodist; helped initiate & develop the 1st Open Heart Surgical Program in Beaumont; formed a professional association & joined a practice there; was Chief of Surgery in hospitals, Chief of Staff in Beaumont; Regional Dir. of the AHA & joined state, national, & international societies; he also trained at Cooley's THI, Houston; also with Dr. Alain Carpentier, Hospital Broussais in Paris, France, Valvular Repair Technologies; was certified in Thorascopy & Laser surgery of blood vessels, bronchi, head & neck (UCLA & UTMB); received certification in endovascular techniques & stenting; then returned to private practice.
Saving lives was Fallon's calling but loving his family was his life. Instead of flowers, please give to the AHA. Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery Mar. 29 10:00 Service at The Chapel of the Angels Viewing from 8:30-9:30 Wed 3/29/23 Burial is from 11:00-12:00
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