Background
Jordaan, Jean Pierre was born on May 17, 1922 in Rosmead, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Came to the United States 1954. Son of Johannes Petrus and Johanna Margaretha (Marais) Jordaan.
Jordaan, Jean Pierre was born on May 17, 1922 in Rosmead, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Came to the United States 1954. Son of Johannes Petrus and Johanna Margaretha (Marais) Jordaan.
Bachelor, University Cape Town, Republic South Africa, 1941. Bachelor of Education, University Cape Town, Republic South Africa, 1943. Master of Arts, University Cape Town, 1942.
Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1949.
Teacher, housemaster South African College High School, Cape Town, 1944-1946. Director School Guidance Services, Province of Natal, South Africa, 1949-1954. Inspector of schools Natal Education Department, 1949-1954.
Associate professor George Peabody College, Nashville, 1956-1959. Assistant professor Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, 1954-1956, associate professor, 1959-1963, professor psychology and education, since 1963, director guidance laboratory, 1959-1963, chairman department applied human development and guidance, 1975-1980, chairman department counseling psychology, 1980-1983, chairman department social, organizational, and counseling psychology, since 1983. Consultant General Electric, American Telephone & Telegraph Company.
Director Peabody College-Murfreesboro School System National Institute Mental Health School Psychology Training and Demonstration Project, 1957-1959. Consultant Danforth Foundation, Education Department Jamaica, West Indies, Peace Corps, Ford Foundation, United States Agency for International Development, Teachers for East Africa in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania.
Fellow American Psychological Association (chairman professional affairs committee, division counseling psychology 1967).
Married Wilda Merry Coye, January 14, 1950. Children– Jean Pierre, Junior, Charles Christian.