Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Amos Azariah Jordan (born February 15, 1922) is a senior fellow at the Wheatley Institution of Brigham Young University. He was formerly the CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies as well as a professor at the United States Military Academy and a Brigadier General in the United States Army. He was born in Idaho and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently resides in Bountiful, Utah.Jordan received his bachelors degree from the United States Military Academy (West Point), graduating in the class of 1946. He then was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford where he received both a bachelors and masters degree. He received a Ph.D. in international affairs from Columbia University. His doctoral dissertation was on foreign aid and South-east Asian defense.Jordan served in the Army in Korea and also served out of Fort Benning. Jordan served for over 20 years on the faculty of West Point.At various times Jordan has served as deputy under secretary in both the United States department of defense and the US department of state. He is also the lead author of the book American National Security. He has also written at least one book on issues related to Korea.Jordan is the father of Judge Kent A. Jordan. Another of his sons, David J. Jordan, was for a time US attorney for the district of Utah.. }
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- Amos_Jordan abstract "Amos Azariah Jordan (born February 15, 1922) is a senior fellow at the Wheatley Institution of Brigham Young University. He was formerly the CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies as well as a professor at the United States Military Academy and a Brigadier General in the United States Army. He was born in Idaho and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently resides in Bountiful, Utah.Jordan received his bachelors degree from the United States Military Academy (West Point), graduating in the class of 1946. He then was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford where he received both a bachelors and masters degree. He received a Ph.D. in international affairs from Columbia University. His doctoral dissertation was on foreign aid and South-east Asian defense.Jordan served in the Army in Korea and also served out of Fort Benning. Jordan served for over 20 years on the faculty of West Point.At various times Jordan has served as deputy under secretary in both the United States department of defense and the US department of state. He is also the lead author of the book American National Security. He has also written at least one book on issues related to Korea.Jordan is the father of Judge Kent A. Jordan. Another of his sons, David J. Jordan, was for a time US attorney for the district of Utah.".