Jordan, born October 21, 1927, joined the GM Styling Staff as a junior engineer in 1949, while in 1957 he was appointed Cadillac chief designer. Five years later, Jordan was promoted to executive in charge of automotive design, responsible for all GM car and truck exteriors. From 1967 to 1970, Jordan served design director for Adam Opel AG in Rüsselsheim, Germany.
General Motors issued a press release in which it mourns the death of its former vice president of design and emphasizes some of its creations. You can read some of the statements below:
“Chuck Jordan was the person who hired me as an intern in 1971 while he was working for Bill Mitchell, and I will always be appreciative of the opportunity he gave me to join GM’s Design Organization. Chuck was always involved in the hiring of talented, young designers, and he took great interest in their growth and development,” Ed Welburn, GM Vice President of Global Design, said in a statement.
“He was a strong creative force at GM Design, and a passionate leader. It always felt as if every new project he was leading represented a new mountain to climb, and was a fresh opportunity to create new trends and statements in automotive design. He had the charisma and passion of few others in the industry.”
“Most people associate Chuck Jordan with very tailored and crisp designs of Cadillac and Corvette automobiles, but Chuck also had a passion for truck design and created some of GM’s most significant concept and production trucks of the 1950s."
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