David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was a leading eugenicist

Eugenics

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, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist

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. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University

Stanford University

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Jordan was born in Gainesville, New York, and studied at Cornell University

Cornell University

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, Butler University

Butler University

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, and the Indiana University School of Medicine. While at Cornell University, Jordan joined the Delta Upsilon

Delta Upsilon

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In 1885, he was named President of Indiana University, becoming the nation's youngest university president at age 34 and the first Indiana University president that was not an ordained minister.