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College’s 21st President Takes Office
James F. Jones, Jr. assumed the duties
of president of Trinity College on Thursday, July 1, 2004. Jones came
to Trinity after serving as president of Kalamazoo College in Michigan
since 1996.
Jones considers the continued strengthening of the College’s ties to
the community and growing the endowment among his priorities. He plans
to spend some time getting to know the faculty and staff before
deciding on a future course of action.
As president of Kalamazoo, Jones initiated the development of a
strategic plan and a comprehensive capital campaign leading to the
endowment of 10 faculty chairs, substantial student scholarship and
faculty development funds, as well as the renovation of four major
buildings. Under his leadership, the College was repositioned to play
a pivotal role in the local community while gaining extensive external
funding support nationally.
Prior to joining Kalamazoo in 1996, Jones was a professor in the
humanities and vice provost of Southern Methodist University and dean
of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences at SMU. From 1975 to
1991, Jones held various academic positions at Washington University
in St. Louis, including professor and chair of the Department of
Romance Languages and Literature as well as director of the Summer
Language Institute in France, Château de la Hercerie, La Croix-en-Touraine.
Earlier, he served as preceptor in the Department of French and
Romance Philology at Columbia University, and as chair of the
Department of Foreign Languages at Woodward Academy in Atlanta.
Jones received his doctorate and master’s of philosophy degrees from
Columbia University and earned an MA from Emory University and a BA
from the University of Virginia. He holds a Certificat, Degré Avancé,
from Ecole des Professeurs de Français à l’Etranger, the Sorbonne.
James F. Jones, Jr. was recently
interviewed by Drew Sanborn for the Spring 2004 edition of The
Trinity Reporter.
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