Background
Jordan, Roy Wilcox was born on May 19, 1911 in St. Louis. Son of William Edgar and Martha (Hazzard) Jordan.
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Roy Wilcox Jordan
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Student, Washington University, 1928.
Career
Board marker, Lorenzo Anderson & Company, 1928-1932;
Trader, principal, Gatch Brothers, Jordan & McKinney, St. Louis, 1932-1941;
partner, G.H. Walker & Company, St. Louis, 1941-1971;
senior vice president, G.H. Walker & Company, 1971-1973;
senior vice-president, director, G.H. Walker, Laird Inc., 1973-1974;
1st vice president, White Weld & Company Inc., 1974-1978;
senior vice president, Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, 1978-1986. Staff assistant to president McDonnell Aircraft Company, St. Louis, 1941-1944. Pastchmn. Clayton (Missouri) Savings and Loan Association.
Advising committee Missouri Boatmen's Bank Center Region.
Achievements
Membership
Active Boy Scouts American, since 1940, chairman, member Executive Board Region VIII, 1966-1968, member of national advisory board, since 1940, president St. Louis Area council, 1973-1975. Chairman Park and Recreation Commission, Clayton, 1954-1958. Chairman Clayton Planning Commission, 1960-1968, 71-88, vice chairman, 1968-1971.
Chairman St. Louis County Plan Commission, 1963-1967. Chairman advising committee Clayton Hanley House, 1966-1986. Member investment advising committee St. Louis County Funds, 1967-1974.
Board directors Arts and Education Council Greater St. Louis, 1965-1987, president,1971-1973. Past chairman Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District, 1970. Member Missouri Highway Commission, 1975-1981, vice chairman, 1979-1981.
Chairman of the board of trustees Young Women’s Christian Association, St. Louis, 1960-1978. Trustee School of the Ozarks, 1974-1986. Member Investment Bankers Association (director), Securities Industry Association (governing council 1974-1978, chairman district 1974-1975), Sons of the American Revolution (past president St. Louis, past president Missouri), American Badminton Association (past president), Rotary, RacquetClub (St. Louis), St. Louis Club (St. Louis), University Club (St. Louis).
Connections
Married Helen Fusz, June 24, 1936 (deceased November 1974). Children: Eugene Fusz, Martha Jordan Weiss, David Allen, Cicely Ann Jordan Drennan. Married Georgia Willmore Hatton, November 26, 1981.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Silver Beaver award Boy Scouts American, 1949, Silver Antelope award, 1966, Silver Buffalo award, 1978. Named Clayton Man of Year, 1972, St. Louis County Business Person of Year, 1982.Recipient Silver Beaver award Boy Scouts American, 1949, Silver Antelope award, 1966, Silver Buffalo award, 1978. Named Clayton Man of Year, 1972, St. Louis County Business Person of Year, 1982.