Dates
Biography
V Jordan Tanner (1931-) is a former naval officer, foreign service officer, legislator, and professor from Utah.
V Jordan Tanner was born on July 27, 1931, to Vasco Myron Tanner and Annie Atkin in Provo, Utah. He was named after David Starr Jordan, an entomologist and prolific philosopher from Stanford who happened to be his father's chief doctrinal advisor and friend. With what his father Vasco learned from David Jordan, Vasco eventually was hired to establish the Department of Zoology and Entomology at Brigham Young University.
Upon graduating high school, V Jordan attended the University of Utah to get his bachelors degree. While there, he was enlisted to serve in the United States Navy as an Ensign. He spent two years as a signal division head aboard the USS Hornet. Once discharged from service, V Jordan transferred to the University of California-Berkley, where he earned his masters in business administration. In Berkeley, he met and married his wife Pat in September 1960, and then reported to Washington D.C. the next month for Foreign Service training. While a Foreign Service officer he served in Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Australia. He decided to return to the United States in 1988. In 1990, V Jordan was elected to the Utah House of Representatives, representing District sixty-three in east Provo. He served as a representative for ten years. He also volunteered as an adjunct professional at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University.
Citation:
Ancestry.com, June 7, 2017 (b. July 27, 1931 to Vasco Myron Tanner and Annie Atkin)
UPB Files, June 7, 2017 (Born in the Crane Maternity Home in Provo, UT; named after Stanford entomologist and philosopher David Starr Jordan; Vasco Myron Tanner was the founder of BYU's Zoology and Entomology department)
Deseret News, Aug. 9, 2017 (V Jordan attended University of Utah; served as Ensign in the Navy as an operations signal division head; recieved a mnaster's degree at UC Berkley; Trained to be a Foreign Service Officer in Seoul, worked in Jakarta (where he encountered and was held hostage by Anti-American Student Protestors), Pakistan during President Bhutto's coup, Apartheid-era South Africa, Korea, and Austrailia; Elected to Utah Legislature, serving 5 terms starting in 1990; served as adjunct professor at Kennedy Center, giving workshops for students interested in the State Department)
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Item — Volume MSS OH 2562: Series 52
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 52
Scope and Contents
Interview of Jordan Tanner administered by Redd Center intern Sara Zabriskie for the "Western Studies at Brigham Young University." Topics discussed in this interview include Jordan's childhood in the Utah and the growth of downtown Provo over the years. Materials dated November 20, 2012.
Dates:
2012 November 20
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2257
Scope and Contents
Contains newspapers, clippings, reports, correspondence, newsletters, audio-visual materials, pamphlets, articles, and other materials documenting the professional service of V Jordan Tanner. The majority of the collection is Tanner's legislative papers from his service as a Utah State Representative from 1990 to 2000. It also contains materials from his career in the Foreign Service and other memorabilia from his life. Collection spans from circa 1930 to 2018, with the bulk from 1989 to...
Dates:
approximately 1930-2018; Majority of material found within approximately 1989-2012
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2257 Series 7
Scope and Contents
Contains reports, correspondence, newspapers, memorabilia, and graphic materials related to the professional activities of V Jordan Tanner as a Foreign Service Officer, member of the Utah State Legislature, and member of the Provo Energy Board. Most reports, memorandums, and memorabilia are related to either the Utah Capitol Restoration Project: a bill sponsored and successfully passed by V Jordan Tanner during his years in the legislature, or projects completed for the International...
Dates:
approximately 1931-2018; Majority of material found within approximately 1996-2012
Series — Box 31: Series 8 [Barcode: 31197239130666]
Identifier: MSS 2257 Series 8
Scope and Contents
Contains materials related to the family of V Jordan Tanner. Includes clippings, publications, writings, and other records on V Jordan Tanner's father, Vasco M. Tanner, and mother, Annie Atkin Tanner. Materials mostly relate to Vasco Tanner's professional activities at Brigham Young University, and writing produced by Annie Atkin Tanner. Dated approximately from 1930 to 2017.
Dates:
approximately 1930-2017
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2257 Series 1
Scope and Contents
This series is comprised of various documents from V Jordan Tanner's service as a Utah State representative from 1989 to 1992. Important affairs Tanner worked on during this time include his campaign for re-election to the Utah State house of representatives and legislation concerning taxes, lobbyist registration, and state education budget issues. Other materials include correspondence, Republican campaign encyclopedia, magazines about foreign countries, and a packet about voting in...
Dates:
1989-1992
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2257 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains various documents from V Jordan Tanner's service as a Utah State representative from 1993 to 1994. Important affairs Tanner worked on during this time include legislation to raise tax on cigarettes and to ban smoking in public places, and legislation concerning courts, education, the state budget, and the Utah Tomorrow strategic plan. Other materials include newsclippings about various issues, papers from Tanner's work on the Utah Sports Authority Committee and papers from Tanner's...
Dates:
1993-1994
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2257 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains various documents from V Jordan Tanner's service as a Utah State representative from 1995-1996. Important affairs Tanner worked on during this time include his work on the Utah Statehood Centennial Commission, as well as legislation on issues such as public health, tobacco, Native Americans, the state budget, campaign contributions, lobbyist registration, and education. Boxes ten, eleven, and twelve contain mostly financial and session reports as well as agendas and other materials...
Dates:
1995-1996
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2257 Series 4
Scope and Contents
Contains various documents from V Jordan Tanner's service as a Utah State representative in the year 1997. Important affairs Tanner worked on during this time include legislation concerning agriculture, seat belt laws, tobacco, education, healthcare, and various other social issues. Also included are notes and information from national meetings of state legislators, newsclippings and background information on various issues, papers from elections, papers from work on the Brigham Young statue...
Dates:
1997
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2257 Series 5
Scope and Contents
Contains various documents from V Jordan Tanner's service as a Utah State representative from 1998 to 1999. Important affairs Tanner worked on during this time include work on the Utah Sports Authority Committee concerning the budget, venues, and other issues in preparation for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and various issues including public health, transportation, the environment, agriculture, smoke-free airports, natural resources, Native Americans, water rights, and anti-abuse policies....
Dates:
1998-1999
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2257 Series 6
Scope and Contents
Contains various documents from V Jordan Tanner's service as a Utah State representative from 2000 to 2001. Important affairs Tanner worked on during this time include preparations for the 2002 Winter Olympics, work on English as the official language of Utah, smoke-free airports, and work on various topics such as transportation, education, agriculture, the environment, water rights, and public health. News clippings and newspapers dealing with the issues Tanner worked on are included as...
Dates:
2000-2001
