Mr. David M. Jordan, a former Jenkintown resident, former president of the Jenkintown Borough Council, author, historian, lawyer, and veteran, passed away on Saturday, January 24. He was 91.

Mr. Jordan grew up in Wyncote, Abington, and Huntingdon Valley and graduated from William Penn Charter School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton University and earned his law degree at what is now the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey School of Law. He specialized in trust, estate, and municipal issues for 40 years in Philadelphia and later as a partner at Wisler Pearlstine in Montgomery County, his obituary said.

He enlisted in the Army after law school and became active in politics in the 1960s, during which he served as president of the Jenkintown Borough Council, Democratic state committeeman, and state platform committeeman. He also served as the Montgomery County Democratic chair in the 1970s, his obituary said.

A member of the Society for American Baseball Research and president of the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society for 12 years in the 2000s, Mr. Jordan wrote books about the Athletics and Phillies, iconic stadiums around the country, and star players Pete Rose and Hal Newhouser. He also wrote history books about Civil War generals Winfield Scott Hancock and Gouverneur K. Warren, former Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett, and the 1944 presidential election.

“I always enjoyed writing — papers at Princeton, documents for Jenkintown borough council and the Democratic party,” he told Princeton Alumni Weekly in 2017. “It seemed to come naturally. I enjoy the creative part, to put my thoughts down on paper on a subject I have picked out for particular reasons. I guess I just had a lot of available energy to practice law, write books, and help run Jenkintown. It didn’t seem so hard at the time, though looking back makes me wonder.” 

A private celebration of his life is to be held later.

Donations in his name may be made to the Jenkintown Library, 460 York Rd., Jenkintown, Pa., 19046.

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