INVESTMENT LEGEND: Gordon Binns, 72; Retired GM pension fund leader who searched the world to find new ways to diversify assets dies after vacation cruise.(Brief Article)

Pensions & Investments, April, 2002 by Clair, Chris

RICHMOND, Va. - Upon learning that W. Gordon Binns had died, Dean LeBaron donned a conservative suit, a white shirt and a special necktie with a pattern identical to one Mr. Binns owned. He pulled down an old, worn Baedeker's travel guide from his bookshelf. And then he then sat down in front of his Web camera and recorded a heartfelt message to Mr.

Binns' widow, Alberta. ``Part of us, and what we are, is due to him,'' Mr. LeBaron said. ``He demonstrated to all of us what it meant to be confident and to use that confidence for others.'' Close to 500 friends and industry professionals from all over the country filled the First Presbyterian Church in Richmond for Mr. Binns' funeral April 9. Mr. Binns died April 4 at Virginia Commonwealth University's...

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