GORDON W. HEATON ’43

GORDON W. HEATON, a retired retail consultant who had been president of Robert Hall Stores and of the VF Corporation, died June 30, 2009, at age 88. He was a member of Chi Psi and was the brother-in-law of the late Ernest D. Davis ’39. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. He had been president of the National Menswear Association, the National Father’s Day Council, and was a past board member of the Philadelphia College of Textiles. One son predeceased him. He is survived by his wife, Anne Davis Heaton; three children, including Roger L. Heaton ’71; four grandchildren; and his brother, Scott M. Heaton ’44.