Background
Jordan, Stephen James was born on November 8, 1941 in Baltimore. Son of Lyman McElroy and Helen Louise (Johnson) Jordan.
Jordan, Stephen James was born on November 8, 1941 in Baltimore. Son of Lyman McElroy and Helen Louise (Johnson) Jordan.
Bachelor, American U., 1967; Master of Science, Morehead State University, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Maryland., 1987.
Technician, United States Army Corps Engineers, Louisville, 1974-1980; research associate, U. Maryland., Princess Anne, 1984-1985; chief, habitat impacts program, Maryland. Department Natural Resources, Annapolis, 1985-1993; instructor, Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, Maryland., 1984-1985; work group chairman, Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, since 1987; director, Paul S. Sarbanes Cooperative Oxford (Maryland.) Laboratory, 1992-1999. Lecturer Johns Hopkins University, Boston, 1994-1998.
Acting music director Christ Church, Cambridge, Maryland., 1990, organist, 1989-1990. Member National Shellfisheries Association, Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, Estuarine Research Federation.
Married Marcia Hurtig Metcalfe, August 1959 (divorced August 1962). Children: Jessica Hope, Sharon Rachel. Married Sarah Louise Sparrell, June 1967 (divorced August 1975).
1 child, Elizabeth Kay. Married Sally Ann Ostaff, October 11, 1975. Children: Evan James, Stephen Frederick.