J.W. Jones
Male, Deceased Person
1894 – 1979
Who was J.W. Jones?
John W. Jones was president of Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College from 1945 to 1964. Jones was its first Ph.D president. He came to Northwest as dean of faculty in 1938.
During his presidency he oversaw a number of important building improvements and events:
Structures:
Colden Hall
Bearcat Stadium improvements
Expansion of seven dormitories
Expansion of the Wells Library
Expansion of the Industrial Arts Building
DeLuce Fine Arts Building
Martin-Pederson Armory dedicated in 1955 by Harry S. Truman
Events:
A gas tank by the Wabash Railroad tracks behind Residence Hall explodes injuring around 20 and killing Roberta Steel on August 28, 1951
First graduate level courses in 1955
Faculty rank system and tenure
Renaming of the school to Northwest Missouri State College in 1955
Statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Administration Building is shot by a night watchman on May 17, 1959
Horace Mann High School on the campus closed in 1960
KDLX signed on the air in 1960
Women's basketball reinstitute in 1962
National Guard is called out during food riots in April 1964
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