Born 1851, in Gainesville, New York father, Hiram Jordan. His mother had great admiration for the writings of Unitarian and Universalist minister, Thomas Starr King and named him in his honor.
1885, at the age of thirty-four, Jordan was elected the seventh president of Indiana University, becoming one of only two scientists presiding over an American university, and the youngest college president in the nation
In the spring of 1891, the former California Senator Leland Stanford recruited David Starr Jordan to be the first president of Stanford University.
Burial Details Unknown I believe he is buried at 1143 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94109. His sarcophagus can be seen from the road at the intersection of Franklin and O'Farrell (and Thomas Starr King Way) in the cit
1885, at the age of thirty-four, Jordan was elected the seventh president of Indiana University, becoming one of only two scientists presiding over an American university, and the youngest college president in the nation
In the spring of 1891, the former California Senator Leland Stanford recruited David Starr Jordan to be the first president of Stanford University.
Burial Details Unknown I believe he is buried at 1143 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94109. His sarcophagus can be seen from the road at the intersection of Franklin and O'Farrell (and Thomas Starr King Way) in the cit
Born 1851, in Gainesville, New York father, Hiram Jordan. His mother had great admiration for the writings of Unitarian and Universalist minister, Thomas Starr King and named him in his honor.
1885, at the age of thirty-four, Jordan was elected the seventh president of Indiana University, becoming one of only two scientists presiding over an American university, and the youngest college president in the nation
In the spring of 1891, the former California Senator Leland Stanford recruited David Starr Jordan to be the first president of Stanford University.
Burial Details Unknown I believe he is buried at 1143 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94109. His sarcophagus can be seen from the road at the intersection of Franklin and O'Farrell (and Thomas Starr King Way) in the cit
1885, at the age of thirty-four, Jordan was elected the seventh president of Indiana University, becoming one of only two scientists presiding over an American university, and the youngest college president in the nation
In the spring of 1891, the former California Senator Leland Stanford recruited David Starr Jordan to be the first president of Stanford University.
Burial Details Unknown I believe he is buried at 1143 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94109. His sarcophagus can be seen from the road at the intersection of Franklin and O'Farrell (and Thomas Starr King Way) in the cit
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