Resumé: Gordon Laird

        Born: In Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

        Married, with five children, seven grandchildren

        First Career: accounting. Had my own office as a Chartered Accountant, taught accounting, auditing and business management at U. B. C.

        Second Career:

        • Ordained May, 1968. Was assigned to Kootenay Lake, B. C. Kaslo, Riondel and Ainsworth, with part time duties as Chaplain at Notre Dame University, Nelson, BC.
        • 1970-1973 Administrative Management Officer for the Metropolitan Council of the United Church.
        • 1973-1975 - Graduate studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany in the area of the Reformation and the use of Hebrew Scriptures
        • 1975 Called to University Hill United Church and Chaplain to United Church students at the Vancouver School of Theology.
        • 1979 Called to Minister at Ellesmere United Church in Burnaby. Became active in computers with Dr. David Lochhead. Became one of the founders of Ecunet, Inc.
        • 1988 Elected Commissioner to the 32nd General Council of the United Church of Canada (Victoria, August, 1988)
        • 1989 Called to St. Andrew's United Church in Maple Ridge.
        • 1996 Retired from active Ministry

        Third Age Careers:

        • teaching Internet
        • consulting with computer communication,
          - Webmaster for www.kitsband.com and www.dglaird.com
        • writing about the use of the Hebrew Language by Christians in the years 1500-1550
        • Contracted speaker on cruise ships: History of Alaska, Glaciers and the Environment of Alaska, The Klondike Gold Rush, The History of the Building of the Panama Canal, Benjamin Franklin and the Gulf Stream
        • Director in the David Lochhead Institute of Religion, Theology and Culture Society. David Lochhead Institute for Religion, Technology and Culture Society Helping to create an Archive of David Lochhead's writings. Helping to improve various web-sites which contain David's writings.

        Musical Interests:

        • Kitsilano Boys Band Alumni - Executive member
          Kits Band Home Page
        • Brock House Big Band: Alto Sax and Clarinet
        • Brock House Jazz Band: Clarinet
        • Brock House Orchestra: Second Violin, Associate Conductor
          Brock House Orchestra
        • Brock House Chamber Players (8 piece): Second Violin and Clarinet
        • RiverCity GospelJazz - clarinet and musical director until June, 2010. RiverCity is continuing with a new format and some changes in musicians.
          RiverCity GospelJazz



        LAIRD FAMILY TREE: My Father, Albert Bertram Laird, was born in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, Ireland.

        When in Ireland in 1975 we took the opportunity to visit the home in which Albert Laird and his brothers and sisters were born: Primrose Cottage

        Conviction: that the use of the World Wide Web and the Internet will continue to the point where Web Pages, such as this one, will become permanent sources of information, even outliving their authors.

        Updated: September 26, 2011

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