who is hamilton jordan

hamilton jordan history and biography
William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan (September 21, 1944 – May 20, 2008[1][2]) was best known as Chief of Staff to President of the United States Jimmy Carter. His last name is pronounced in the traditional Southern style, rhyming with "burden."
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* 1 Early life
* 2 Political career
* 3 Later life
* 4 Personal
* 5 External links
* 6 References

  Early life

Jordan was born in Charlotte, N.C., in 1944 and raised in Albany, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and graduated with an A.B. in Political Science in 1967. After being disqualified from military service due to leg problems, he worked as a civilian volunteer in Vietnam during the war there, assisting refugees.

  Political career

Jordan was a key advisor and strategist for Jimmy Carter during the 1976 presidential campaign and during Carter's administration, serving as White House Chief of Staff in 1979-1980. Jordan played a powerful role in the formulation of election strategies and government policies.

In 1986, he ran for the Democratic nomination for one of Georgia's seats in the United States Senate. He lost the primary to Representative Wyche Fowler, who went on to win the general election.

In 1992, he became a high-level staffer on the presidential campaign of independent candidate H. Ross Perot. In recent times he has served both as a member of the founders council and as an important public advocate for Unity08, a political movement focused on reforming the American two party system.

 Later life

Jordan was chief executive of the Association of Tennis Professionals when they took control of the professional men's world tennis tour in 1990. His nephew, R. Lawton Jordan, served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs during Bill Clinton's administration.

  Personal

Jordan had previously survived two kinds of cancer after his service to Carter. He and his wife, a pediatric oncology nurse, founded a camp for children with cancer - Camp Sunshine Retreat - in Georgia. He was an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

Jordan died on May 20, 2008 from mesothelioma

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