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Biography of Vernon Jordan
Name: Vernon Jordan
Birth Date: August 15, 1935
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: civil rights leader, attorney, political adviser
Vernon Jordan
An American civil rights leader, Vernon Jordan (born 1935) was executive director of the National Urban League from 1972 to 1982 and later one of the few African American partners in a major law firm in the United States.Vernon E. Jordan was born August 15, 1935, in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was a mail clerk in the U.S. Army and his mother ran a local catering service. Jordan was educated in the Atlanta public schools and graduated from DePauw University in 1957. For his legal training Jordan attended the Howard University Law School where he received the J.D. in 1960.Jordan then returned to Atlanta to practice law. Almost immediately he became involved in a landmark civil rights case of the era. Jordan and two other Atlanta attorneys sued the University of Georgia for failing to admit African American students. The suit, on behalf of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, resulted in a federal …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…banking experience." Jordan, did not respond directly but said, "In banking terms, I view my job [at Lazard Freres] as accretive."In 2001, the NAACP awarded Jordan its highest honor, the Spingarn Award. According to the NAACP, the medal was designed to highlight distinguished merit and achievement among African Americans, and also serves as a reward for such achievement and as a stimulus to the ambition of African American youth." Associated Organizations Further Reading Jordan's life and career are profiled in Karen DeWitt's "Vernon Jordan: Urbane Urban League" in Washington Post (July 28, 1977); and in Robert Meyers, "Vernon Jordan: Using Old Contacts in a New Setting" in National Law Journal (October 3, 1983); a lengthy New York Times analysis (July 14, 1996) discusses Jordan's uncommon position and power within civil rights, corporate and government circles. Jordan's entry into the field of investment banking is discussed in "Pique at a Wall Street Powerhouse," in Washington Post (January 22, 2000).
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