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PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - Howard Jordan Jr. of
Atlanta, a vice chancellor of the Board of Regents and a former president of Savannah State College, died of an apparent heart attack Tuesday while attending a meeting at Callaway Gardens here. He was 69. Dr. Jordan "didn't feel well" after a banquet for
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in August 1963. During his tenure as president the college established
Savannah's first graduate program in education (Master of Science in Elementary Education, 1968) and saw the program gain NCATE accreditation. Additionally, white students were admitted to the college as a result of the Civil
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The Howard Jordan
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Also during Jordan's administration a major building program began which resulted in the construction of a modern student union, new football stadium, fine arts building, Payne Hall, and new dormitories for men and women.
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directors of a continuing education program. He was stricken while being taken to West
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Hall, Clyde W (1991). One
Hundred Years of Educating at Savannah State College, 1890–1990. East Peoria, Ill.: Versa Press.
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Jordan resigned from the college in 1971 to accept a position as vice chancellor for the central office of the
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This article is about the university president. For
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