Wes Jordan Center Dedication Friday
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — A new athletic training education facility, dedicated to the memory of legendary University of Maine trainer Wes Jordan, will be dedicated on Friday, Sept. 15 at UMaine.
The Wes Jordan Athletic Training Education Complex, located in Lengyel Gym, will be home to UMaine’s curriculum-based athletic training academic program. It features completely renovated space and state-of-the-art equipment for use by faculty members and students in the program. Friday’s event begins at 3 p.m., with remarks expected to start shortly after 3:30.
Mark Letendre, the director of umpire medical services for Major League Baseball and former San Francisco Giants trainer who learned his profession as a UMaine student under Jordan’s tutelage, will serve as the emcee. UMaine President Robert Kennedy and College of Education and Human Development Dean Robert Cobb will offer remarks, as will Jordan’s daughter, Tracy Landeryou, and athletic training student Ashley Stambolis.
Jordan, who died in February 2002, served as UMaine’s head athletic trainer for more than three decades, beginning in 1965.
The event will conclude with a ribbon cutting and tours of the facility.