Eliot Jones

Background

Jones, Eliot was born on February 12, 1887 in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. Son of Richard Davies and Carrie Holmes (Grinnell) Jones.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1906. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1908, Doctor of Philosophy, 1913.

Career

1 son, Eliot; married second, Isabel Charles, June 17, 1929. Married 3d, Mabel Ross. Instructor Harvard, 1912-1913, University of Pennsylvania, 1913-1914.

Associate professor economics, Iowa State University, 1914-1916.

Professor economics University of Texas, 1916-1917. Associate professor economics, Stanford University, 1917-1920, professor from 1920.

McKinley professor economics of public utilities, University of Illinois, 1924-1925. Professor economics, University of California, summers 1920, 21, 24, University of Chicago, summer 1925, University of Michigan, summer 1933, Harvard, summer 1936, University of New Mexico, summer 1942, University of Washington, spring, 1949.

With Federal Trade Commission, summer 1917, War Industries Board, summer and fall, 1918.

Achievements

• Eliot Jones has been listed as a noteworthy economist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Economics Society. Member American Economics Association (Vice-President 1925, 31), Pacific Association of Schools of Business and Departments of Economics (president 1923). Phi Beta Kappa. Sigma Nu.

Connections

Married Amy Eleanor Jenckes, June 20, 1914 (deceased). Married second, Isabel Charles, June 17, 1929.

Father:

Richard Davies Jones

Mother:

Carrie Holmes (Grinnell) Jones

Spouse:

Amy Eleanor Jenckes

Spouse:

Isabel Charles