Gordon R. Parker

Gordon R. Parker is a business executive notable for leading the Gold Fields unit of Toronto-based Iamgold corporation.^[1] He was chairman of Newmont Mining Corporation^[2][3] which was a firm involved with exploring, acquiring, and managing gold metals. Parker is a director at corporations including Caterpillar; Gold Fields Limited and Phelps Dodge Corporation. Mr. Parker has been a director of Caterpillar since 1995. In 1988, when Parker was chairman and chief executive officer of Newmont Corporation, he was 52 years old.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Gold Fields to Buy Iamgold, Fending Off Bidder From U.S.". The New York Times. August 12, 2004. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/business/gold-fields-to-buy-iamgold-fending-off-bidder-from-us.html. Retrieved 2010-12-22. "Iamgold will issue 351.7 million shares and become part of a new, publicly traded Gold Fields unit led by Gordon R. Parker, 68, the former chairman of the Newmont Mining Corporation." 
2. ^ "COMPANY NEWS; Newmont Cancels Plans for Peabody". The New York Times. August 4, 1989. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6DF1638F937A3575BC0A96F948260. Retrieved 2010-12-22. "The plan did not have the flexibility to accommodate the possible negative implications of those two recent events, said Gordon R. Parker, Newmont's chairman." 
3. ^ "EXECUTIVES". The New York Times. October 31, 1991. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/31/business/executives.html. Retrieved 2010-12-22. "Newmont Mining Corp., Denver, named T. Peter Philip president, chief operating officer and a director. He succeeds Gordon R. Parker, who remains chairman and chief executive." 
4. ^ "BUSINESS PEOPLE; Vice Chairman Named At Newmont Mining". The New York Times. September 12, 1988. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/12/business/business-people-vice-chairman-named-at-newmont-mining.html. Retrieved 2010-12-22. "The promotion does little to change his position at the company - he continues as No. 2 to Gordon R. Parker, 52, president, chairman and chief executive." 

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