Jordan served on advisory boards because of the values his father taught him
Everett Jordan believed in serving others, which led him to serve on advisory boards for Duke University and eventually serve in the Senate. His father, a Methodist preacher, taught him those values.
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Oral History Interview with Roger Gant, July 17, 1987. Interview C-0127. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Then
when the game was at Carolina I would get tickets on both sides of the
stadium. Everett always had seats in the guest box so I never had to
worry about him and Katherine, but Rose Ann and Ann would sit on the
Duke side of the stadium and the rest of the family on the Carolina
side. That was no problem at all, I admired Everett's willingness to
work for Duke and he did; he worked hard, and he
loved his service on the board of trustees and his association with
people like Semons and the other trustees, but
that was his style. He recognized that service on those boards allowed
him to serve in other ways. One area of service would lead to another,
and of course, eventually led to the Senate for him.
- BEN BULLA:
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Those were good contacts.
- ROGER GANT:
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Yes. He didn't make the contacts to try to get to the senate, he made the
contacts because he believed in service. He had inherited that from his
father who as a Methodist preacher spent his life serving other
people.
