Gordon Jensen was born in Seattle, WA, and obtained M. D. degree from Yale University School of Medicine. Internship and residency training in pediatrics was at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was fellow at the prestigious Yale Child Study Center. Psychiatric residency was at University Hospital, Seattle. He is board certified in pediatrics, psychiatry, and sexology. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, School of Medicine at University of California, Davis, and is active in clinical practice. He is father of four children, and lives in Hawaii.