Bryce Jordan

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name = Bryce Jordan


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university = Penn State University
term_start = 1983
term_end = 1990
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birth_place = Clovis, New Mexico, United States
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predecessor = John W. Oswald
successor = Joab Thomas
alma_mater = University of Texas at Austin University of North Carolina
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Bryce Jordan (born September 22, 1924) was the fourteenth president of the Pennsylvania State University, serving from 1983 until 1990. Prior to that he served as interim president of the University of Texas at Austin from 1970 to 1971. During Jordan's tenure at Penn State, the university became the 11th member of the Big Ten Conference in 1989. Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center is named after him.

References

* [http://www.lias.psu.edu/speccolls/psua/psgeneralhistory/presidents/jordan.htm Penn State Presidents and their achievements]
* [http://www.utexas.edu/student/txunion/anniversary/medallion/unveiling/?unveiling=jordan Presidential Medallion Project at the University of Texas at Austin]
* [http://www.sesquicentennial.psu.edu/2005_jordan/ The Jordan Years: A Personal Retrospective]
* [http://www.hsutx.edu/advancement/news/hol/03-jordan.html Hardin-Simmons University Hall of Leaders]

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NAME=Jordan, Bryce
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Fourteenth president of Penn State University
DATE OF BIRTH=September 22, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH=Clovis, New Mexico
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