B.A. College of Wooster
M.A. St Lawrence Univ.
Ed.D. Boston University

EDUCATION
College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 1959 Chemistry B.A.
Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio 1965 Organic Chemistry Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL
Postdoctoral Fellow, Tufts University, 1985-1986.
Visiting Scholar, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1979
Postdoctoral Fellow, Turku University, Turku, Finland, 1972
Associate Professor, State University of New York, College at Potsdam, 1965 - 1990
Professor, Potsdam College, 1990 - 1996

Articles Published
1. Jordan, D., "Cylindrical Thin-Layer Chromatography", Journal of Chemical Education, 1968, 45, 510.
2. Jordan, D., "Preparative Cylindrical Thin-Layer Chromatography",
Journal of Chromatography, 1971, 57, 427.
3. Jordan, D., "Preparative Cylindrical Thin-Layer Chromatography, II.", Journal of Chromatography, 1971, 63, 422.
4. Pihlaja, K., Jordan, D., Nikkila, A. and Nikander,H.,"Conformational Analysis with the Aid of Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Thermodynamics of Conformational Equilbria of some Alkyl-Substituted 1,3-Dithians"., Advances in Molecular Relaxation Processes, 1973, 5, 227.
5. Pihlaja, K., Jalonen, J. and Jordan, D., "Ionization Potentials in Organic Structure Analysis: The Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on the Relative Stabilities of Syn- and Anti-Norbornenols", Adv. in Mass Spectrometry, 1974, 6, 105.
6. Jordan, D., "Removing the Art from KBr Wafer Preparation: An Improved Procedure", Journal of Chemical Education, 1977, 54, 287.
7. Pihlaja, K., Nikander, H. and Jordan, D., "Stereospecificity and Energetics in the Fragmentation Processes of 2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxathiane and Its Methyl Derivatives", Advances in Mass Spectrometry, 1980, 8A, 821.
8. Jordan, David M. ; Walt, David R. and Milanovich, Fred P., " A Physiological pH Fiber Optic Chemical Sensor Based On Energy Transfer", Analytical Chemistry, 1987, 59, 437.
9. Jordan, D. ,"A Computer-Interfaced Stepper-Motor Device for Measurement of Changing Gas Volumes at Constant Pressure.", Tetrahedron Computer Methodology, 1988, 1, 169.
10. Jordan, D., "Solvent and Aryl-Substituent Effects on the Rates of Thermal Decomposition of alpha-Azidostyrenes.", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1989, 54, 3584.
11. Jordan, D., "Acetic Acid-Catalyzed Decompositions of alpha-Azidostyrenes: Solvent and Substituent Effects", Ann. Acad. Sci. Fenn., Ser. A, II, Chemica, 1990, 227, 135.
12. Jordan, D., "Direct Collection of Distillation Fractions into Vials: A Method for the Micro/Semi-Micro Scale Laboratory", Journal of Chemical Education, 1994, 71, A5.

Conference Papers Presented

1. "The Kinetics, Products and Mechanisms of Thermolysis of alpha- Diazoacetophenones", 155th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, California, April, 1968.
2. "The Self-Paced Organic Laboratory", B. Campbell and D. Jordan, 8th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, August, 1984 .
3. "Preparation of a Fiber-Optic Chemical Sensor for pH Monitoring", D. Jordan, D. Walt and F. Milanovich, XVI th Meeting of The Northeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, June 24, 1986.
4. "Preparation of Small Diameter Sensors for Continuous Clinical Monitoring", D. R. Walt, C. Munkholm, D. Jordan, F. Milanovich and P. F. Daley, delivered to the International Society for Optical Engineeering-Fiberlase -'86 meeting, Cambridge, Mass., September 19, 1986.
5. "A Computer-Interfaced Stepper-Motor Device for Measurement of Changing Gas Volumes at Constant Pressure." D. Jordan, Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, November 1988.
6. "Thermal Decomposition of Aryl-Substituted Alpha-Azidostyrenes.", D. Jordan, Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, November 1988.
7. "Acetic Acid-Catalyzed Decompositions of alpha-Azidostyrenes: Solvent and Substituent Effects.", D. Jordan, Invited Lecturer to the International Meeting: 25 Years of Structural Chemistry in Turku University: From 1,3-Dioxane to Natural Products, Turku, Finland, February 8, 1990.
8. Solvent and aryl-substituent effects on the rates of thermal decomposition of alpha-azidostyrenes. Jordan, David. Dep. Chem., Potsdam Coll., Potsdam, NY, USA. Journal of Organic Chemistry (1989), 54(15), 3584-7
9. Stepper Motor paper in J. of Computer Technology (no longer in print).

Community Service

Member, Board of Trustees, The Adirondack Conservancy Committee of The Nature Conservancy, 1981-1983.
Board Member, St. Lawrence County Environmental Management Council, 1982-1984 (Vice-Chairman), 1986-1989.
Board Member, Potsdam Town Planning Board, 1990 .

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