Background
Jordan, Robert W. was born on October 9, 1945 in Wichita, Kansas, United States.
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Robert W. Jordan
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Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). University of Maryland (Master of Arts, 1971). University of Oklahoma (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Phi Delta Phi.
Editor-in-Chief, Oklahoma Law Review, 1973-1974. Member, Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, 1973.
Career
He served as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2001 to 2003, under President George West. Bush. Jordan received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1967, his Master of Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1971 while serving in the United States. Navy, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1974. In the early 1990s, he represented George West. Bush in the investigation by the United States. Securities and Exchange Commission into possible insider trading in Bush"s sale of stock in Harken Energy.
Jordan was the president of the Dallas Bar Association in 1999.
In 2001, Bush, who had become President of the United States, appointed Jordan as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He held that post from October 2001 through October 2003.
Jordan is currently partner-in-charge of the firm"s Middle East offices and divides his time between Dubai and the United States. Jordan also serves on the executive committee of the board of directors of the Center for American and International Law and the advisory board of the Center"s Institute for Transnational Arbitration.
Jordan serves as Diplomat in Residence and adjunct professor of political science at Southern Methodist University, where he teaches a course on the Middle East.
Achievements
Membership
Jordan is a member of the American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel of Arbitrators, the National Panel of Distinguished Neutrals of the Code of Professional Responsibility International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, and The London Court of International Arbitration. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he serves as president of the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations and as vice chairman of the board of directors of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University.
