Background
Jordan, Daniel Porter was born on July 22, 1938 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States. Son of Daniel Porter and Mildred M. (Dobbs) Jordan.
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Daniel Porter Jordan
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Education
Bachelor, U. Mississippi, 1960, Master of Arts, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1970. Various teaching positions overseas division U. Maryland., 1962-1965.
Richmond (Virginia), 1968-1969, University of Virginia, summers, 1970-1972. Professor of history VA CommonwealthU., Richmond, 1969-1984, Arizona State, 1995, director Stratford Hall SummerSem., 1981-1991. Executive director Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation (Monticello), 1985, president, 1994.
Scholar in residence University of Virginia, 1985.
Career
Director Thomas Jefferson Meml. Review board Virginia Hist. President Richmond Civil War Roundtable, 1983.
Historians (life), Walpole Society, Phi Beta Kappa (pres.
Politics
The Church must be self-critical before it presumes to be critical of others.
Views
The supportive small group inside the Church is the most powerful tool for people to feel that they belong and also to learn and grow.
Membership
Member advising committee Papers of Thomas Jefferson (Princeton University). Member Secretary of Interior's advisory board National Park System, 1984-1988, chairman 1987. Member Jeffersonian Restoration Advisory Board U.Va., 1985.
Member review board Virginia History Landmarks Commission, 1981-1992, vice chairman, 1984-1989, Chairman, 1989-1992. Member National Parks and Conservation Board, 1989-1992, Eastern National Board, 1991. Served with infantry United States Army, 1962-1965.
Thomas Jefferson Foundation fellow, 1965-1968. Member American Antiquarian Society, Virginia History Society (board directors 1986-1991), Massachusetts History Society, Southern History Association (life), Organisation American Historians (life), Walpole Society, Phi Beta Kappa (president Alpha of Virginia, 1995), Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Chi.
Connections
Married LewellynLee Schmelzer, December 18, 1961. Children: Daniel P., Grace Dobbs, Katherine Lewellyn.
