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graduated in 1944 from the Sumner High School in St. Louis and entered the U.S. Navy soon after. He was stationed at Sandpoint Naval Air Station in Seattle and discharged in 1946 in Bremerton, WA. Jordan decided to remain in Washington State and got a position with the Boeing Co. He attended the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and graduated in 1953. While attending college, Jordan worked for the Maritime Association as a Longshoreman and advanced to Waterfront Checker. He also worked as a pharmacist at Mayrand Drugstore in Seattle. In 1964, Jordan and his wife opened Jordan’s Drug and Grocery Center in Seattle, WA. Over the years, Jordan worked many long hours, helped many people and community organizations, and proudly served his community for 35 years. So many in the Seattle area knew, loved, and respected him. He was always a kind and generous person. He loved traveling abroad and within the U.S. to visit family. He also enjoyed fishing, gardening, photography, and above all, he was an avid sports enthusiast, loving baseball and basketball but was a diehard Seahawk fan with season tickets. He was also a proud, lifetime member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Brother George L. Jordan is survived by his wife Nettie Jordan, daughter, Glenda Jordan-Buchanan and son, Arlyn Jordan; grandchildren Andre Piper (Tanesha) Jordan, Aaron Jordan, and Donny Buchanan; great-grandchildren Andre Jordan Jr. and Piper Jordan and a host of relatives and friends. Warren E. Logan, Jr. 1947–2021 Past Urban League President - Chattanooga
January 23, 2021. In the words of one of his faithful friends, “Warren was a highly effective advocate, a powerful force for equity, a respected community leader, a skilled manager, a trusted facilitator, the Dean of Tennessee’s Urban Leagues, and someone with influence well beyond Chattanooga.” He was the only son born to the union of Warren E., Sr. and Margaree (née Ware) Logan on August 20, 1947. He earned B.A. from Tennessee State University and an M.B.A. from the Joseph Business School. Also, he completed leadership development and continuing education training at the Duke University Center for Executive Leadership and a host of other institutions. Logan served as president and chief executive officer of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga (ULGC), an affiliate of the National Urban League (NUL), for more than 25 years. Before retiring from the post, he envisioned and launched ULGC’s flagship Inclusion by Design Executive Leadership Program (IBD) to create a pipeline of diverse leaders prepared for executive-level positions. Since its inception in 2017, companies have promoted 50% of the IBD participants to advanced leadership roles. Logan was also the Tennessee Urban League Affiliates (TULA) chair, a statewide collaborative of National Urban League affiliates in Tennessee. He also served for two years as president of the National Urban League Association of Executives (AOE) and a member of the National Urban League Board of Trustees and Executive Committee. He was the lead delegate to a national African-American Leadership Delegation to Beijing, China, in 2012, a relationship-building and collaboration visit established by the NUL-led Trade and Cultural Mission to China. Before leading ULGC, Logan held various management and leadership positions with the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Division of Power. For several years, he served as Executive Director of the Office of Minority
Business Enterprise, Statement Business Development Centers. He made a tremendous impact on tens of thousands of people related to everything from job training to access to opportunity. Mentoring,” said J.Ed. Marston, EPB’s vice president of Marketing. Logan’s civic leadership included Board Chair, Electric Power Board; Advisory Board Member, Truist (SunTrust) Bank (Chattanooga); member of Tennessee Workforce Development Board, Bright Bridge Board of Directors/River Gorge Capital Board (NMTC), and Memorial Health Care System Board of Directors. He was a member of the Chattanooga (TN) Alumni Chapter. He was an actively involved member of Olivet Baptist Church, where he served as a member of the Church Council and loved by members of his adult Sunday school class, which he taught until his health began to fail. Brother Warren Logan Jr. was predeceased by his parents and great- nephew, Christopher Thomas Bell. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Linda (née Kilgore) Logan; daughters, Stephanie L. (Dennis, Jr.) Tate and Kellie M. (Danny Smith) Logan; grandson, Dennis Tate, III; sisters, Yolanda L. (Eddie) King and Andrea L. McCrary; and a host of relatives and close friends.
Alvin Charles Lyles 1940–2021 Educator
Alvin Charles “Few” Lyles (Beta
Phi 1960) was born in Fletcher, North Carolina on July 5, 1940 and entered the Chapter Invisible on September 9, 2021. He was son of the late Cornelia
Chattanooga, TN civic leader Brother Warren E. Logan, Jr. (Chattanooga (TN) Alumni 1982) entered the Chapter Invisible on Saturday,
Whiteside and Ray Lyles and was the eldest of seven children. Raised by his mother, grandmother, Malrey Lyles, and great-grandmother, Maggie Pertiller, they ensured his devotion to Christ
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