Potentate Don Gordon was born August 03, 1951 in the Town of Skowhegan, Maine He was brought up in the Upper Kennebec Valley Town of Bingham. He graduated from Upper Valley Memorial High School in 1971 and moved to Bangor in 1972

Potentate Don Gordon was raised a Master Mason by his father Douglas Gordon in 1984 at Lynde Lodge, Hermon, Maine. He joined the line of officers soon after that and was Master in 1992 +/-. Don was initiated into the Shrine in 1984, and shortly after that joined the Provost Guard and was Provost Marshall in 1990 and 1991. He joined the Circus Committee as an Assistant Chairman in 1991 and became Circus Director in 1999. He retired as Circus Director at the end of 2006. He was appointed Outer Guard in 2011.

He is married to the former Gail Ramoska and has three children, Jamie West, Nathan Gordon and Sarah Morris. Don and Gail have three grandchildren, Bryce, Molly and Owen.

Professionally Don has been employed by Jordan Gorrill Associates as a soils mechanics lab technician and field inspector. He then was employed by E.C Jordan in the same position. He also was employed by SW Cole Engineering as a field technician and as the manager of the soils mechanic laboratory. In 1988 he left SW Cole engineering and became employed as a real estate appraiser and was trained by Illustrious Sir Guy Chapman. He then went on to form Maine Appraisal Services with a partner and eventually founded Gordon Appraisal Services, he is still self employed as a real estate appraiser and is certified as a State of Maine General Appraiser and specializes as a residential appraiser.