Background
Jordan, Arthur Melville was born on October 9, 1888 in Somerton, Virginia, United States. Son of Melville McConnell and Mary Florence (White) Jordan.
Jordan, Arthur Melville was born on October 9, 1888 in Somerton, Virginia, United States. Son of Melville McConnell and Mary Florence (White) Jordan.
AB, Randolph-Macon College, 1907. AM, Trinity College, North Carolina, 1909. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1919.
Instructor psychology, U. Arkansas, 1914; assistant professor, U. Arkansas, 1915-1917; professor education, U. Arkansas, 1919-1921; professor psychology, U. Arkansas, 1921-1923; professor educational psychology, U. North Carolina, from 1923. Professor educational psychology Northwestern University, summers 1927, 33, Columbia University, summers 1928, 30.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Carrie Nicholson, June 15, 1914. Children: Margaret Nicholson, Arthur Melville.