David C. Jordan
{{Short description|American diplomat}}
{{about|a US ambassador|Canadian politician and businessman|David Charles Jordan}}
{{infobox person
|name=David Crichton Jordan
|image=David C. Jordan, amb to Peru and Ronald Reagan.jpg
|caption=David C. Jordan in 1984
|birth_date={{bya|1935}}
|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois
|alma_mater=Harvard University (A.B.)
University of Virginia (LL.B.)
University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.)
}}
David C. Jordan was the United States Ambassador to Peru from March 20, 1984, to July 17, 1986.
Career
Jordan was nominated by Ronald Reagan after teaching at Pennsylvania State University (1964-1965) and the University of Virginia beginning in 1965.{{cite web|title=Ronald Reagan: Nomination of David C. Jordan To Be United States Ambassador to Peru|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=40855|website=UCSB|accessdate=22 January 2018}}
Jordan has written numerous books including [https://smile.amazon.com/Drug-Politics-Democracies-International-Security/dp/0806131748/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=drug+politics&qid=1557529114&s=gateway&sr=8-3 Drug Politics] and [https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0819189987/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 Revolutionary Cuba and the End of the Cold War].
He retired from teaching comparative government and international relations at the University of Virginia in 2011.
References
- {{cite web | url = https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/11144.htm | title = Peru | format = List of Ambassadors to Peru | publisher = United States Department of State | year = 2002 | accessdate = 2007-08-22 }}
- {{cite web|publisher=University of California at Santa Barbara|title=Ronald Reagan: Nomination of David C. Jordan to be United States Ambassador to Peru|date=1983-12-12|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=40855|access-date=2015-12-31|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060624/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=40855|url-status=dead}}
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| title = United States Ambassador to Peru
| before = Frank Vincent Ortiz Jr.
| after = Alexander Watson
| years = March 20, 1984 to July 17, 1986
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Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Peru
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:University of Virginia School of Law alumni
Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:Diplomats from Chicago
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