Edward G. Jordan

Edward G. Jordan (born 1930; died December 26, 2001 in Bend , Oregon ) was an American manager . He was the first Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Conrail .

Life

Edward G. Jordan grew up in Oakland, California . He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1951 and received his Masters in Business Administration from Stanford University in 1953 .

He began his professional career at Ford Motor Company , later he worked at Procter & Gamble , Booz Allen Hamilton and Hunt Food & Industries. From 1961 to 1968 he worked at Avery Products Corporation. He then held an executive position at Computing and Software Inc. before moving to Pinehurst Corporation as president in 1973 .

US President Gerald Ford appointed him President of the United States Railway Association (USRA) on March 18, 1974 . The organization was tasked with finding a solution for the ailing rail industry in the northeastern United States. He was eventually appointed by the board of USRA as the first chairman and chief executive officer of the newly formed rescue company Conrail . On July 9, 1975 he took up the new position. Conrail started operations on April 1, 1976. Jordan's main focus was on optimizing the company to the point where it could generate a profit. He achieved this for the first time in 1980 with two profitable quarters. On January 1, 1981, he ended his work at Conrail.

After that, he was dean of the Business School of Cornell University , but had to work after nine months due to a case of illness in the family quit. He later served as President of the American College of Financial Services at Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania for several years . He also sat on several supervisory boards (including those of Aramark , Pittston Company ) and from 1995 to 1998 on the California Transportation Commission.

Edward Jordan was married and had four children.

Web links

• David Stout: Edward Jordan, Chief of Conrail, Dies at 72 . In: The New York Times . December 29, 2001, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed October 11, 2017]).
• From Times Staff, Wire Reports: Edward G. Jordan, 72; Corporate Turnaround Specialist Headed Conrail . In: Los Angeles Times . January 3, 2002, ISSN  0458-3035 ( latimes.com [accessed October 11, 2017]).
• Department of Transportation news: Office of the Secretary. Jan-Dec 1974 (inc.). Retrieved October 11, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Leonard Sloane: BUSINESS PEOPLE; CORNELL APPOINTS BUSINESS DEAN . In: The New York Times . December 14, 1981, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed October 11, 2017]).