| Bryce Jordan | |
| Order: | 14th |
| President of the Pennsylvania State University | |
| Term Start: | 1983 |
| Term End: | 1990 |
| Predecessor: | John W. Oswald |
| Successor: | Joab Thomas |
| Title2: | President of the University of Texas at Dallas |
| Term Start2: | 1971 |
| Term End2: | 1982 |
| Preceded2: | Francis S. Johnson (interim) |
| Succeeded2: | Robert H. Rutford |
| Title3: | President of the University of Texas at Austin |
| Term Label3: | Interim |
| Term Start3: | 1970 |
| Term End3: | 1971 |
| Preceded3: | Norman Hackerman |
| Succeeded3: | Stephen Hopkins Spurr |
| Birth Date: | 22 September 1924 |
| Birth Name: | Henry Bryce Jordan |
| Birth Place: | Clovis, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Texas at Austin University of North Carolina Hardin–Simmons University |
Henry Bryce Jordan (September 22, 1924 – April 12, 2016) was an American university administrator and musicologist.[1] He was the fourteenth president of the Pennsylvania State University,[2] serving from 1983 until 1990. Prior to that, he served as interim president of the University of Texas at Austin from 1970 to 1971 and as first president of the University of Texas at Dallas from 1971 to 1982.[3]
During Jordan's tenure at Penn State, the university became the 11th member of the Big Ten Conference in 1990. Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center is named after him. He died on April 12, 2016.[4]
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