Dennis Pierce Jones

Background

Jones, Dennis Pierce was born on March 20, 1940 in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. Son of Pierce Carter and Ellen Geraldine (Corner) Jones.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1961; Master of Science in Management Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1964.

Career

Assistant to business manager, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1963-1968; assistant director planning, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1968-1969; staff analyst, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Boulder, Colorado, 1969-1975; associate director, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Boulder, Colorado, 1975-1983; vice president planning and evaluation, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Boulder, Colorado, 1983-1985; president, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Boulder, Colorado, since 1985. Member of advisory panel on university science statistics National Science Foundation, Washington, since 1977. Member special study panel on educational indicators unites states department Education, Washington, 1989-1991.

Achievements

• Dennis Pierce Jones has been listed as a noteworthy Educational research center executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Higher Education Budgeting at the State Level

Membership

Chairman accountability and accreditation committee St. Vrain Valley Schools, Longmont, Colorado, 1979-1986. Member Colorado Task Force on Excellent Schools, Denver, 1989-1991. Member Association for Institutional Research, Association for Study Higher Education, American Association Higher Education.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, hiking, western United States history.

Connections

Married M. Elizabeth Doherty, August 17, 1963. Children: Douglas Lee, Daniel Wayne.

Father:

Pierce Carter Jones

Mother:

Ellen Geraldine (Corner) Jones

Spouse:

M. Elizabeth Doherty

child:

Douglas Lee Jones

child:

Daniel Wayne Jones