Jordon Pecile(1931-2021)
- Writer
Jordon was a graduate of Hazleton High School class of 1948. He went on to earn his A.B. degree from Cornell University and a master's degree from University of Iowa. Jordon was also awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for study at the University of Florence, Italy.
Jordon was commissioned an officer in the United States Navy, where his service took him on missions to Antarctica, the Mediterranean, the Far East and the South Pacific. Jordon was an officer-instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy; a Fellow of comparative literature at Princeton University; an assistant professor at the University of Iowa; a Fulbright lecturer at University d'Aix-Marseilles, France; assistant professor at Mount Holyoke College; associate professor at Trinity College, and professor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Jordon was commissioned an officer in the United States Navy, where his service took him on missions to Antarctica, the Mediterranean, the Far East and the South Pacific. Jordon was an officer-instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy; a Fellow of comparative literature at Princeton University; an assistant professor at the University of Iowa; a Fulbright lecturer at University d'Aix-Marseilles, France; assistant professor at Mount Holyoke College; associate professor at Trinity College, and professor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.