Stuart Davis Jordan

Background

Jordan, Stuart Davis was born on July 25, 1936 in St. Louis. Son of Davis Irwin and Lillian (Maenner) Jordan.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1958; postgraduate, Oxford (England) University, 1958-1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysics, U. Colorado, 1968.

Career

Research assistant, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, Colorado, 1963-1968; research astrophysicist, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1968-1973; chief solar physics, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, Washington, 1974; solar project scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, Washington, 1975-1984; solar physics branch head, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, Washington, 1984-1989; senior staff scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, Washington, since 1989. Member of advisory committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Science Foundation, Washington, since 1974. Coordinator monograph series on stellar atmospheres National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Center for Scientific Research, Washington and Paris, 1977-1993.

Achievements

• Stuart Davis Jordan has been listed as a notable Astrophysicist, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Speaker Sierra Club, Washington area, 1970's. Board directors to president Washington Area Secular Humanists, Washington area, since 1990. Fellow American Astronomical Society.

Member International Astronomical Union, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Susan Roemer, June 24, 1961. Children: John Stuart, James William.

Father:

Davis Irwin Jordan

Mother:

Lillian (Maenner) Jordan

Spouse:

Elizabeth Susan Roemer

child:

James William Jordan

child:

John Stuart Jordan