Alice and Alan in Columbus       Alice Gordon and her family have lived in Orange County since 1972. They reside just outside of Chapel Hill and Carrboro in the joint planning area of Orange County.       Alice and her husband, Alan, have been married since 1968. They have two grown children, Jennifer and David, and four grandchildren. Alice, son David, Jennifer, son-in-law David, and Alan at the family's church, University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill. Daughter-in-law Elizabeth, Alice, son David, and Alan in Portland, Oregon. Alice and Alan in Chapel Hill.       Alice was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up there. She received a B.Sc. in psychology from The Ohio State University in Columbus, and then studied for two years in Germany (University of Hamburg and University of Freiburg). After returning to this country, Alice received her Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University, California and then studied children's language development on a postdoctoral fellowship at University of California, Berkeley.       A former research psychologist at the University of North Carolina, Alice specialized in the study of children's language development at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. Alan is a former professor and chair of computer science at Duke University.. Alice when she was Chair of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners       Alice was elected Orange County Commissioner in 1990, and re-elected in 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006. Organizations endorsing her in 2006 included the Chapel Hill - Carrboro Association of Educators, Citizens Advocating for the Schools (C.A.T.S.), The Independent Weekly, NoMerger.org, Orange County Soccer Alliance, and the Sierra Club. She was also re-elected in 2010, when she ran unopposed for a District 1 seat.       She served as Chair and as Vice Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. Before becoming a county commissioner, she was Chair of the Orange County Planning Board, President of the Chapel Hill Carrboro PTA Council, and Second Vice President of the local League of Women Voters. Family portrait by Lance Richardson Photography Photo Gallery from Alice's Fifth Term Alice with Speaker of the House Joe Hackney at an Orange County Democratic Party Legislative Breakfast Alice with Congressman David Price at an Orange County Democratic Party Convention Alice with Representative Verla Insko at the Annual University/Community Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Banquet Alice (2006 winner) with Sig Hutchinson of Raleigh (2010 winner) at Leadership Triangle's Goodmon Awards Gala Alice, chair, with Mike Woodard, vice chair and member of the Durham City Council, at a Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) MPO Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting in 2008 Alice holding The National Award for Outstanding Achievement in Metropolitan Transportation Planning at a joint Metropolitan Planning Association (MPO) meeting with Capital Area MPO Photo Gallery from Alice's Sixth Term Carol Folt, Chancellor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, with Alice on a Carolina Football game day. Nina Schlosberg-Landis, member of the North Carolina Board of Transportation, with Alice at the Triangle Transit (now GoTriangle) offices. Randee Haven-O’Donnell, member, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, with Alice at a joint meeting of the commissioners and aldermen. Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker with Alice at a joint meeting that included the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO. Alice was recognized for her 24 years of service as a member, and twice Chair, of the MPO Board, Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization. Shown at the MPO Board meeting in late 2014 are (from left) Mark Ahrendsen, City of Durham-Transportation staff; Ellen Reckhow, MPO Board Chair, and member representing Durham County; Mark Kleinschmidt, Town of Chapel Hill; and Damon Seils, Town of Carrboro. Members of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) at the BOCC meeting room in Hillsborough in 2014. Front row (from left): Mark Dorosin, Penny Rich, Renee Price, and Alice. Back row: Bernadette Pelissier, Barry Jacobs, and Earl McKee. Orange County recognized Alice for her service as an Orange County Commissioner, including being BOCC Chair and Vice Chair. Shown on the left is Alice at her farewell meeting in Hillsborough, late 2014. On the right is Alice with Orange County Manager, Bonnie Hammersley; seated behind them is Commissioner Renee Price. This was Alice’s last BOCC meeting in Chapel Hill, late 2014. Audience reaction to Alice’s farewell speech as an Orange County Commissioner, after 24 years of service, late 2014. TOP Paid for by the Alice Gordon Campaign, PO Box 2425, Chapel Hill, NC 27515