Alfredo Jordan

Aug 17, 1928 – April 4, 2021

The curtain came down on the extraordinary life of Alfredo Jordan in San Francisco on April 4, 2021, after 92 years of starring in a saga worthy of the great books he treasured.

Born in El Paso, Texas, he joined the Navy as a teenager, to set sail for the educational and travel vistas that would personify his future.

Teaching emerged as his vocation, first, last, always. Thousands of students at Presidio Junior High, Lowell High School and City College of San Francisco benefited from his singular exuberance and passion to impart knowledge. Alfredo’s wisdom was limitless, spanning languages, history, the arts and his beloved Hispanic heritage.

Alfredo is survived by his wife, Chiqui, their grandson, Gabriel Andika, and his family in Illinois. His son, Alfredo Manuel died recently.

He touched countless lives with his prodigious mastery in classrooms, and those he captivated with his charm and magnetic nature around the world or at a café on the bay. He will live on each time those he cared for behold a sublime film, see a glorious painting or hear an exquisite piece of music and say “Alfredo would have loved this!”