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Gordon Dunn Eaton was the father of Selina Meyer.

Biography[]

According to the obituary of Catherine Calvert Eaton, Gordon was a junior associate at the bank of Catherine's father, Howard Hamlin Melville. They married in 1962 and bought a home in Centreville, Maryland. Their daughter, Selina, was born in 1967.

On January 20, 1973, Eaton took Selina to the inaugural ball of Richard Nixon. It was there that he told Selina she was like Nixon in that she was not well-liked, but she was respected.

Eaton died in 1979 after allegedly collapsing on top of his secretary while they were having sex. His wife blamed Selina for his death.

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