Angel G. Jordan, St. Edmund’s Academy Collection

Angel G. Jordan, St. Edmund’s Academy Collection
Staff and Faculty Papers Carnegie Mellon University Archives

Extent
2 linear ft. (2 boxes)    

Biographical and Historical Sketch  
Angel G. Jordan was born on September 19, 1930, in Pamplona, Spain. He was naturalized as an American in 1966. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Zaragoza (Spain), where he received a degree in Physics in 1952. Jordan received a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1959. Later that year, he also received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the school. Jordan became an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Education department at Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1959. He was made an associate professor in 1962, and became a full professor in 1966. From 1976 through 1978, he served as the chairman of the Biomedical Engineering Program. He served as dean of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (at Carnegie Mellon University) from 1979 to 1983. Jordan became a university provost in 1983, where he served until 1991. He currently serves as the Keithley University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon. His research interests have primarily focused on semiconductor devices; integrated circuits; thin films; environmental and biomedical instrumentation; and intelligent sensors.

From 1977 to 1983, Jordan served on various boards and committees at St. Edmund’s Academy (SEA), a private boys’ school located in the Squirrel Hill district of Pittsburgh. His son, Xavier, attended SEA during this time. Jordan became a member of the Board of Trustees in 1978, and served on the board until 1983. He chaired the Academic Affairs Committee from 1979 to 1982, and served on the Education Committee from 1977 through 1980.  

During Jordan ’s tenure as a trustee, the board dealt with the hiring of two new headmasters, Edward Shuster (1977) and Sterling Miller (1979-80). The board also conducted evaluations of the headmasters, faculty, and other board members during this time. Similarly, the board oversaw fund raising activities and projects in order to raise capital for SEA.

While chairing the Academic Affairs Committee, Jordan oversaw accreditation projects, the processing of standardized testing and enrollment reports, the drafting of a SEA educational philosophy, as well as matters regarding discipline and admissions. The Education Committee developed curriculum guidelines for all grades throughout SEA, and assisted the board in evaluating the headmaster and faculty. They were also responsible for the decision of whether or not to add a ninth grade at SEA.

Formerly known as Ascension Academy , SEA was founded by Bishop Wilburn C. Campbell. The school is loosely affiliated with the Episcopal Church, and has steadily grown since it began in 1947. SEA is named after St. Edmund, the ninth century boy-king of East Anglia . The school became co-ed in the fall of 1984, when it first allowed girls to enroll in the preschool program. Although many private schools have witnessed a decline in enrollment since the 1980s, SEA has regularly increased its enrollment during this time.

Scope and Content Note
The series have been arranged chronologically in order to establish the context in which the papers were created and maintained. On the file level, file folders are arranged alphabetically.

Organized into the following series: I. SEA Board of Trustees meetings records, 1977-1983; II. Committee Files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Academic Affairs Committee records, 1979-1983; B. Education Committee records, 1977-80; III. Financial statements, 1977-1983; IV. Fund raising activities records, 1980-1983; V. SEA-sponsored extra-curricular activities records, 1980-1982.  

Provenance  
Gift of Angel G. Jordan in 1991. These materials were received in one accession.

Processing Information  
This collection was processed by Clay Redding in April 1999. Finding Aid reformatted for online presentation by Jennie Benford, 2005.

Separations
Records from Jordan ’s tenure as University Provost have been separated from his personal papers, and have been processed as the Records of Carnegie Mellon University, Office of the Provost, 1963-1983.  

Restrictions on Access
No restrictions. This collection is open for research.  

Preferred Citation
Cite as: Angel G. Jordan Papers Relating to St. Edmund’s Academy ( Pittsburgh , Pa. ), 1977-1983, Carnegie Mellon University Archives.  

Catalog Entries

Main entry:  
Jordan, Angel G., 1930-

Subject entries:  
Education -- Aims and objectives.
Education -- Curricula.
Education -- Evaluation.
Education -– Finance.
Education -- Women.
Education, Elementary -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Social conditions.
Private school trustees -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Private schools -- Finance.
Private schools -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh. St. Edmund’s Academy (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Added entries:  
Agendas.
Balance sheets.
Coeducation -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Curriculum planning -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Education, Elementary -- Activity programs -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Educational fund raising -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Elementary school teachers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Elementary school teachers -- Rating of -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Financial statements.
Minutes.
School principals -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
School principals -- Rating of -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.  

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Container List: Angel G. Jordan, St. Edmund’s Academy Collection

Series I: SEA Board of Trustees meetings records, 1977-1983

Box 1

FF 1 Meeting Minutes, 1978
FF 2 Meeting Minutes, 1979
FF 3 Meeting Minutes, 1980
FF 4 Meeting Minutes, 1981
FF 5 Meeting Minutes, 1982
FF 6 Meeting Minutes, 1983
FF 7 “Profile of the SEA and Future Board Needs” Report, 1981
FF 8 Report on the Evaluation of the Headmaster, 1982
FF 9 Report to the Board of Trustees -- School Lunch Questionnaire, 1980
FF 10 Search for a New Headmaster, 1979-1980
FF 11 Selection of New Headmaster Edward Shuster, 1977

Series II: Committee Files

Subseries A: Academic Affairs Committee records, 1979-1983

FF 12 Co-ed Task Force -- Articles, 1983
FF 13 Co-ed Task Force -- Correspondence, 1983
FF 14 Co-ed Task Force -- Meeting Reports, 1980-1983
FF 15 Co-ed Task Force -- Meeting Reports -- Preliminary Research, 1980-1981
FF 16 Committee Meeting Agendas, n.d.
FF 17 Committee Meeting Minutes, 1979-1980
FF 18 Inter-committee Correspondence, 1979-1980
FF 19 Pennsylvania Association of Private Academic Schools, Inc. (PAPAS) Evaluation Correspondence, 1982
FF 20 Pennsylvania Association of Private Academic Schools, Inc. (PAPAS) -- Report to the Visiting Committee on the Evaluation of SEA, 1982
FF 21 Statement of Educational Philosophy, 1980
FF 22 Statements on Discipline and Admissions, 1979
FF23 Testing and Enrollment Studies, 1982

Subseries B: Education Committee records, 1977-1980

FF 24 Curriculum -- Outline, 1978
FF 25 Curriculum -- Outline, 1979-1980
FF 26 Curriculum -- Summary, 1978
FF 27 Decision to Add a Ninth Grade, 1978-1979
FF 28 Evaluation of Faculty, 1977
FF 29 Evaluation of the Headmaster, 1979
FF 30 Faculty Handbook, 1977-1980
FF 31 Intercommittee Correspondence, 1977-1979
FF 32 Meeting Reports, 1977-1978
FF 33 Meeting Reports, 1978-1979

Series III: Financial statements, 1977-1983

FF 34 Monthly Balance Sheets, 1977-1978
FF 35 Monthly Balance Sheets, 1979
FF 36 Monthly Balance Sheets, 1980
FF 37 Monthly Balance Sheets, 1981
FF 38 Monthly Balance Sheets, 1982
FF 39 Monthly Balance Sheets, 1983

Series IV: Fund raising activities records, 1980-1983

FF 40 Annual Giving Reports, 1981-1982
FF 41 Annual Giving Prospectus, 1982-1983
FF 42 Interim Feasibility Study and Report, 1980
FF 43 Keystone for the Future Campaign -- Booklet, 1982
FF 44 Keystone for the Future Campaign -- Correspondence, 1980-1983
FF 45 Keystone for the Future Campaign -- Requests for Funding, 1980-1981
FF 46 Proposed Campaign Plan, 1980

Series V: SEA-sponsored extra-curricular activities records, 1980-1982  

FF 47 Activities Bulletins, 1980-1982
FF 48 Correspondence with Parents, 1981-1982