Photo: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum/White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons⁹

Bryce Jordan

President of Penn State University

Henry Bryce Jordan (September 22, 1924 – April 12, 2016) was an American university administrator and musicologist. He was the fourteenth president of the Pennsylvania State University, serving from 1983 until 1990.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Bryce Jordan (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Sep 22, 1924, died Apr 12, 2016.¹

About

Prior to that, he served as interim president of the University of Texas at Austin from 1970 to 1971 and as first president of the University of Texas at Dallas from 1971 to 1982.

During Jordan's tenure at Penn State, the university became the 11th member of the Big Ten Conference in 1990.

Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center, the university's indoor arena and one of the largest arenas in the state, is named after him. He died on April 12, 2016, in Austin, Texas.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bryce Jordan, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Pennsylvania State UniversityChair 1983 to 1990⁸

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Texas at Austin³

Career

1983 to 1990Chair, Pennsylvania State University⁴

Personal life

BornSep 22, 1924, Clovis⁵
DiedApr 12, 2016, Austin⁶
CitizenshipUnited States⁷

Sources

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WikidataBryce Jordan on Wikidata
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WikipediaBryce Jordan on Wikipedia
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WikidataBryce Jordan: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataBryce Jordan: Chair, Pennsylvania State University, on Wikidata
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WikidataBryce Jordan: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataBryce Jordan: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataBryce Jordan: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataPennsylvania State University, Chair
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Wikimedia CommonsBryce Jordan photo by Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum/White House, Public domain