Ernest Victor Jones

Background

Jones, Ernest Victor was born on January 7, 1882 in Bronaugh, Missouri, United States. Son of Alfred Persia and Maria Irene (Jones) Jones.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Morrisville (Missouri) College, 1905. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1909, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912. Student of University of Chicago, 1909, 10, 36, University of Missouri, summers 1907, 08, Columbia, 1921, University of California, 1927-1928.

Career

Professor of chemistry Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama, 1912-1913. Head departments of chemistry and physics Soochow (China) University, 1913-1922. Professor physical and inorganic chemistry University of Nanking, China, 1922-1927.

Head department of chemistry Birmingham-Southern College, 1928-1946.

Professor inorganic chemistry University of Alabama 1947-1952. Consultant Carbide & Carbon Chemical Company, Oak Ridge.

Secretary East China Association of Colleges Universities, 1921-1922. Secretary China Association of Christian Higher Education, 1922.

President East China Athletic Association, 1922-1925.

Achievements

• Ernest Victor Jones has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (chairman Alabama section, 1933), Alabama Academy Science (honorary), Southern Association of Science and Industry, Alabama Academy Science (president 1943-1944), Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Tau Phi. Theta Chi Delta (national president 1933-1935, 1942-1946).

Club: Civitan.

Connections

Married Eunice Beth Vaughan, August 9, 1908.

Father:

Alfred Persia Jones

Mother:

Maria Irene (Jones) Jones

Spouse:

Eunice Beth Vaughan