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William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan (born September 21, 1944) served as White House Chief of Staff in 1979 - 1980 and was a key advisor and strategist for President Jimmy Carter.
Jordan was born in Charlotte, Georgia, 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.
<p>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.
<p>He played a powerful role in the formulation of election strategies and government policies. He survived a personal struggle with two kinds of cancer after leaving office. He and his wife, a pediatric oncology nurse, founded a camp for children with cancer - Camp Sunshine Retreat - in Georgia. He is an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.
<p>Jordan was chief executive of the Association of Tennis...
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