Background
Jordan, Gilbert Fred was born on January 27, 1940 in Salt Lake City. Son of Frederick and Emily C. (Peukert) Jordan.
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Gilbert Fred Jordan, American Geophysicist and consultant. Achievements include design of Apollo experiments pallet subsystems associated with and several aerospace/defense systems; invention of GRASER, nitro methane chemical laser, and piezo-electric devices; helped develop slurry AN explosives and shape charges for Doctor Melvin A. Cook (IMER/IRECO).
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Brigham Young U., 1964; Master of Science in Engineering, Master of Business Administration, U. Utah, 1974; HDSc (honorary), University Maryland., 1976; HDD (honorary), Unification Church Theological Seminary, New York City, 1987.
Career
Geophysicist, Pan American Petroleum, Denver, 1964-1965;
physicist, systems engineer, Martin Marietta, Denver, 1965-1966;
senior project ceramic engineer, Honeywell Ordinance Division, Golden Valley, Minnesota, 1966-1967;
senior project reliability engineer, Univac FSD, Salt Lake City, 1968-1970;
base industrial engineer, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1970-1972;
senior manufacturing engineer, Litton Division of Student Development, Van Nuys, California, 1972-1973;
various engineering positions, Jordan Associations, San Jose, 1973-1978;
general manager, Specialty Enterprise, Inc., Los Gatos, California, 1978-1986;
senior staff project consultant, general manager, geophysicist, J'nA Enterprises, Willow Springs, Missouri, since 1991. Consultant in energy issues. Contributor research in areas of ozonation, magneticwater conditioning, water filtration, earthquake prediction and control, coal gasification, detecting gravitational radiation.
Specialistin plant/facility layout and design and operations research.
Achievements
Membership
Scoutmaster, committee chair Boy Scouts American, Minneapolis, 1965-1967, den leader, coach, Willow Springs, 1987-1992, assistant scoutmaster, 1993. Co-founder Interdenominational Minister's Ministry of Restored Churches of Jesus Christ Association. Active missions for Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) church With United States Army National Guard, 1957-1963.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Eagle Scout Association, American Society Quality Control (chapter secretary), American Ceramic Society, American Society Plant Engineers, Society Manufacturing Engineers, Institute.Indsl. Engineers (senior member, chapter president 1974-1979, PIN award 1976), Toastmasters, Sigma Pi Sigma.
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Married Minnie Irene Flowers, Apr.1965. Children: Russell, Christian, Marian, Cynthia, Crystal. Married Christine Gunn, February 1979.
1 child, Michael.
