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Jordan, Sr.<br><b>Mother:</b> Mary Jordan<br><b>Brother:</b> Windsor<br><b>Wife:</b> Shirley (d. 1985)<br><b>Wife:</b> <a href="/people/238/000123866/">Ann Dibble Jordan</a> (m. 1986)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Vickee<br><p> High School: David T. Howard High School, Atlanta, GA (1953)<br> University: <a href="/edu/673/000068469/">BA, DePauw University, Green Castle, IN (1957)</a><br> Law School: <a href="/edu/677/000068473/">JD, Howard University Law School (1960)</a><br><p> <a href="/company/618/000120258/">Lazard</a> Senior Managing Director<br> <a href="/company/012/000120649/">Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld</a> <br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/028/000051872/">American Express</a> (1977-)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/686/000098392/">Asbury Automotive Group</a> (2002-)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/994/000049847/">Clear Channel</a> (2000-03)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/828/000060648/">Dow Jones</a> (1982-2006)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/244/000058070/">J. C. Penney</a> (1973-2003)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/618/000120258/">Lazard</a> (2005-)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/827/000060647/">Revlon</a> <br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/664/000098370/">R. J. Reynolds</a> 1980<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/082/000057908/">Sara Lee</a> (-2005)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/080/000057906/">Union Carbide</a> <br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/696/000042570/">Xerox</a> (1974-2009)<br> <a href="/company/611/000059434/">Barrick Gold</a> Advisory Board<br> <a href="/company/901/000060721/">Daimler Chrysler</a> Advisory Board<br> <a href="/org/692/000051539/">Alfalfa Club</a> 1989, President (2003-04)<br> <a href="/org/368/000134963/">America-Israel Friendship League</a> U.S. National Advisory Board<br> <a href="/org/514/000042388/">Bilderberg Group</a> <br> <a href="/org/709/000059532/">Bretton Woods Committee</a> <br> <a href="/org/090/000119730/">Close Up Foundation</a> Board of Advisors<br> <a href="/org/505/000042379/">Council on Foreign Relations</a> <br> <a href="/org/674/000171161/">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a> <br> <a href="/org/291/000173769/">Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee</a> <br> <a href="/org/816/000127435/">Economic Club of Washington, DC</a> President (2004-)<br> <a href="/org/815/000052659/">Ford Foundation</a> Board of Directors<br> <a href="/org/874/000356803/">Friends for Harry Reid</a> <br> <a href="/org/531/000167030/">Friends of Hillary</a> <br> <a href="/org/781/000167280/">Gore 2000</a> <br> <a href="/org/570/000167069/">Hillary Clinton for President</a> <br> <a href="/org/926/000208302/">Hillary Rodham Clinton for US Senate Committee</a> <br> <a href="/group/534/000162048/">Hillraiser 2008</a> <br> <a href="/org/813/000041690/">NAACP</a> <br> <a href="/org/446/000177912/">National Leadership PAC</a> <br> <a href="/org/524/000167023/">New Leadership for America PAC</a> <br> <a href="/org/684/000167183/">Obama for America</a> <br> <a href="/org/037/000171521/">Obama for Illinois</a> <br> <a href="/org/970/000354905/">Obama Victory Fund 2012</a> <br> <a href="/org/138/000164643/">Rebuilding Together</a> National Advisory Council<br> <a href="/org/579/000401373/">Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights</a> Board of Trustees<br> <a href="/org/549/000169042/">Searchlight Leadership Fund</a> <br> <a href="/org/413/000168906/">Sharpton 2004</a> <br> <a href="/org/247/000043118/">Trilateral Commission</a> <br> <a href="/org/140/000048993/">United Negro College Fund</a> Executive Director<br> <a href="/org/502/000127121/">Urban Institute</a> Life Trustee<br> <a href="/org/716/000041593/">Urban League</a> President (1972-81)<br> <a href="/group/047/000120684/">Iraq Study Group</a> <br> <a href="/honors/056/000088789/">Alfalfa Party candidate for US President</a> 2009<br> <a href="/honors/292/000043163/">Spingarn Medal</a> 2001<br> <a href="/event/146/000054981/">Assassination Attempt</a> shot by Joseph Paul Franklin in Fort Wayne, IN (29-May-1980)<br> <a href="/group/654/000207033/">Wedding: Jonathan M. Tisch and Laura S. Steinberg (1988)</a> <br> <a href="/group/367/000179827/">Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)</a> <br> <a href="/group/682/000165187/">Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001)</a> <br> <a href="/group/600/000165105/">Wedding: Jack Welch and Suzy Wetlaufer (2004)</a> <br> <a href="/group/893/000170383/">Funeral: Henry Grunwald (2005)</a> Honorary Pallbearer<br> <a href="/group/112/000172593/">Funeral: Tim Russert (2008)</a> <br> <a href="/group/653/000243921/">Wedding: Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky (2010)</a> <br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/843/000274021/">A Lawyer Walks into a Bar... (27-Mar-2007)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Vernon Can Read! 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