"WOW Philippines! More than the usual!"

Full Name: Richard "Dick" Juico Gordon[1] 
Date of Birth: August 5, 1945[1] 
Place of Birth: Castillejos Zambales[1]
Father: James Leonard Tagle Gordon[1]
Mother: Amelia Juico Gordon[1]
Spouse: Olongapo City Mayor Kate H Gordon[1] 
Children: Marnie, Ali, LJ Brian[1]
Educational Attainment:

• Elementary
  Colegio de San Juan de Letran
• High School
  Ateneo de Manila University
• Bachelor of Arts, Major in History and Government (1966)
  Ateneo de Manila University
• Bachelor of Laws (1975)
  University of the Philippines College of Law

Career as Public Servant:[1]

Accomplishments as Senator:[1]

• RA 9333 - Fixes the regular elections at the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
• RA 9369 (New Automated Election System law)
• RA 9334 (Sin Tax Law)
• RA 9399 & RA 9400 - Fixes the tax regime in Special Economic Zones 
• RA 9346 - Abolition of Death Penalty Law
• RA 9367 (Biofuels Act of 2007)

Awards, Honors and Recognitions:[1]

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• 2001 Awardee
  Visit Korea Year Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Korea
• 2002 Aduana Awards
  Aduana Foundation
• 2001 Gintong Ama Awardee
  Gintong Ama and Ina Foundation
• 2001 Silver Humanitarian Award
  Philippine National Red Cross
• 2000 Upsilonian Noble and Outstanding (UNO)
  Upsilon Sigma Phi Alumni Association (Highest Honors)
• 1997 Most Distinguished Alumnus
  UP Alumni Association (Highest Award)
• 1997 Presidential Award for Relief and Disaster Management
  Safety Organization of the Philippines
• 1997 Sports Hall of Fame
  Ateneo de Manila Alumni Association
• 1997 Outstanding Alumnus in Public Service
  Letran College
• 1996 The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL)
  Philippine Jaycees Senate (Youngest Awardee)
• 1996 Man of the Year
  Alas Singko y Media Program (ABS-CBN)
• 1995 One of the 20 Great Asians of the Future
  Asiaweek Magazine 2nd Anniversary Special
• 1995 One of Who's Who in Asia
  NHK TV Japan
• 1994 One of the 50 Young Leaders of Asia
  Asahi Shimbun, Japan
• 1993 Luminary Award for Exemplary Achievement in Public Administration
  Upsilon Sigma Phi Alumni Association
• 1991 Aurora Aragon Quezon Peace Award
  Philippine National Red Cross (Highest National Award)
• Gold Vision Triangle Award
  National YMCA (Highest National Award)
• Award for Outstanding and Dynamic Leadership in Government Service
  International Lions Club
• National Award for Community Service
  Rotary Club of Makati, San Miguel Corporation
• Republic Day Award
  National Council of Women of the Philippines
• 1983 Professional Award in the Public Administration
  UP Alumni Association
• 1982 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in Public Administration
  Philippine Jaycees
• Dakilang Guro Award
  Division of City Schools Olongapo City
• Silver Humanitarian Award
  Philippine National Red Cross

Other Facts: [1]

• Won and received the fifth highest number of votes from the electorate during the 2004 national elections even without sectoral and religious command vote support despite the initial low public opinion surveys, Gordon 
• In 1992, he led the successful conversion of the former United States' naval facility in Subic Bay, and turned it into the Philippines' primary trade zone.
• An active volunteer of the Red Cross in the disaster-prone Philippines for the last 25 years and has recently been elected member of the Governing Board of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• He was only twenty-four and a law student of the University of the Philippines when he served as the youngest delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention of the Philippines. 
• As Secretary of Tourism he accomplished this with his campaign: "WOW Philippines! More than the usual!" This resulted to increased tourist arrivals that rejuvenated the industry, becoming the country's acknowledged fastest way to address poverty and unemployment. 
• Became the chief advocate of Third World countries that have been unduly affected in tourism and trade by unfair Travel Advisories imposed by Western governments

Agenda: 

• Tourism[2]