Gordon Clyde Preble was born in Lancaster, PA in 1909. His parents were Gordon Cecil Preble and Sarah (Holland) Preble. His Father was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. Gordon senior was a Fireman and died from pneumonia the year his son Gordon Clyde Preble was born. Sarah, then a widow left Pennsylvania with her two children, Gordon and Alyce moving to Plymouth Co, Iowa where she eventually remarried to Thomas Foran. A daughter, Thelma, was born to this union.
As a young man, Gordon Preble worked on the family farm in Iowa. He was best known in the Omaha area as a champion of labor for more than two decades beginning in the late 1930s. After 8 years working at an Omaha steel plant he helped organize the Iron Workers Local No. 53 becoming their first president and business agent.
Preble served nine consecutive one year terms as President of Nebraska Federation of Labor. In 1942 he was elected to the Omaha Central labor Union, and at the age of 33, he was the youngest president elected in the union's history.
Preble resigned from the Central Labor Union leadership to enlist in the Seabees during WW II. After serving in the Pacific and returning from the war to his wife and family, he again picked up the reins of the Nebraska Federation of Labor which in 1956 became the Nebraska State AFL-CIO. He was elected to a three year presidential term.
Preble was in two photos published in "Life Magazine" April 15, 1957 vol. 42 no. 15, as a Lobbyist in the Nebraska State Legislature. He also served as a delegate to the 1956 National Democratic Convention.
In 1959 after being re-elected to the State AFL-CIO, Gordon resigned to become a Commissioner with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, working out of offices in Chicago and Minneapolis until retiring in the fall of 1972 and moving to Perham, MN.
Gordon lost his battle with cancer in the fall of 1973.
As a young man, Gordon Preble worked on the family farm in Iowa. He was best known in the Omaha area as a champion of labor for more than two decades beginning in the late 1930s. After 8 years working at an Omaha steel plant he helped organize the Iron Workers Local No. 53 becoming their first president and business agent.
Preble served nine consecutive one year terms as President of Nebraska Federation of Labor. In 1942 he was elected to the Omaha Central labor Union, and at the age of 33, he was the youngest president elected in the union's history.
Preble resigned from the Central Labor Union leadership to enlist in the Seabees during WW II. After serving in the Pacific and returning from the war to his wife and family, he again picked up the reins of the Nebraska Federation of Labor which in 1956 became the Nebraska State AFL-CIO. He was elected to a three year presidential term.
Preble was in two photos published in "Life Magazine" April 15, 1957 vol. 42 no. 15, as a Lobbyist in the Nebraska State Legislature. He also served as a delegate to the 1956 National Democratic Convention.
In 1959 after being re-elected to the State AFL-CIO, Gordon resigned to become a Commissioner with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, working out of offices in Chicago and Minneapolis until retiring in the fall of 1972 and moving to Perham, MN.
Gordon lost his battle with cancer in the fall of 1973.
Gordon Clyde Preble was born in Lancaster, PA in 1909. His parents were Gordon Cecil Preble and Sarah (Holland) Preble. His Father was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. Gordon senior was a Fireman and died from pneumonia the year his son Gordon Clyde Preble was born. Sarah, then a widow left Pennsylvania with her two children, Gordon and Alyce moving to Plymouth Co, Iowa where she eventually remarried to Thomas Foran. A daughter, Thelma, was born to this union.
As a young man, Gordon Preble worked on the family farm in Iowa. He was best known in the Omaha area as a champion of labor for more than two decades beginning in the late 1930s. After 8 years working at an Omaha steel plant he helped organize the Iron Workers Local No. 53 becoming their first president and business agent.
Preble served nine consecutive one year terms as President of Nebraska Federation of Labor. In 1942 he was elected to the Omaha Central labor Union, and at the age of 33, he was the youngest president elected in the union's history.
Preble resigned from the Central Labor Union leadership to enlist in the Seabees during WW II. After serving in the Pacific and returning from the war to his wife and family, he again picked up the reins of the Nebraska Federation of Labor which in 1956 became the Nebraska State AFL-CIO. He was elected to a three year presidential term.
Preble was in two photos published in "Life Magazine" April 15, 1957 vol. 42 no. 15, as a Lobbyist in the Nebraska State Legislature. He also served as a delegate to the 1956 National Democratic Convention.
In 1959 after being re-elected to the State AFL-CIO, Gordon resigned to become a Commissioner with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, working out of offices in Chicago and Minneapolis until retiring in the fall of 1972 and moving to Perham, MN.
Gordon lost his battle with cancer in the fall of 1973.
As a young man, Gordon Preble worked on the family farm in Iowa. He was best known in the Omaha area as a champion of labor for more than two decades beginning in the late 1930s. After 8 years working at an Omaha steel plant he helped organize the Iron Workers Local No. 53 becoming their first president and business agent.
Preble served nine consecutive one year terms as President of Nebraska Federation of Labor. In 1942 he was elected to the Omaha Central labor Union, and at the age of 33, he was the youngest president elected in the union's history.
Preble resigned from the Central Labor Union leadership to enlist in the Seabees during WW II. After serving in the Pacific and returning from the war to his wife and family, he again picked up the reins of the Nebraska Federation of Labor which in 1956 became the Nebraska State AFL-CIO. He was elected to a three year presidential term.
Preble was in two photos published in "Life Magazine" April 15, 1957 vol. 42 no. 15, as a Lobbyist in the Nebraska State Legislature. He also served as a delegate to the 1956 National Democratic Convention.
In 1959 after being re-elected to the State AFL-CIO, Gordon resigned to become a Commissioner with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, working out of offices in Chicago and Minneapolis until retiring in the fall of 1972 and moving to Perham, MN.
Gordon lost his battle with cancer in the fall of 1973.
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