AUBURN — In the latest Senior College in the Community program, genealogist and historian Lin Wright plans to present “Auburn Abroad: The Interesting Life of Pauline Jordan Rankin” at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27.

The talk will be held at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St., in the Androscoggin Room.

Pauline Jordan, a native of Auburn, was the daughter of Charles A. Jordan, who built the Jordan House on Academy St. Trained as a nurse, during World War I she signed up with the Red Cross and was stationed in Europe. Later she joined the Near East Relief effort.

She married an engineer who would become a diplomat. As a civilian, Jordan was held as a prisoner of war in both WWI and WWII.

Wright enjoys researching people and using their lives to illustrate New England Studies from USM and a certificate in Genealogical Research from BU. She teaches genealogical subjects at Lewiston-Auburn’s Senior College, serves on the LAC Senior College Board, as president of the Asbury Grove Historical Society, and as her church’s historian.

For more information, call the reference desk at 207-333-6640, ext. 4.

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