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Years of Service
Frieda Jordan was only 17 years old when she first stepped onto the Northfield Seminary campus in 1919 to begin a housekeeping job. Sixty-seven years later, she retired, becoming one of the longest-serving employees in the history of Northfield Mount Hermon. 18
NMH Magazine
By Jessica Lindsey
Today, in honor of her service, Jordan’s name appears on an oak plaque in Beveridge Hall, topping a list of more than 250 NMH faculty and staff members who have worked at the school for 25 years or more. This is the Frieda Jordan Society. New members are inducted every year, and according to Head of School Charles A. Tierney III, the society not only serves as a 25-year club, but it also recognizes the wisdom, longevity, institutional memory, and excellence of school employees. “A long-lasting and strong sense of commitment to NMH is what the society is about and explains why Frieda Jordan was the perfect person to name it after,” Tierney says.