Gordon volgde lager onderwijs aan de Lourdes Catholic School en het Colegio de San Juan de Letran en voltooide in 1962 de middelbare school aan de Ateneo de Manila University. ###>In 1958, he completed his elementary education at Lourdes Catholic School (now Lourdes School Quezon City) in Quezon City and Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila.