Ralston Leon Jones

Background

Jones, Ralston Leon was born on November 20, 1931 in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Vernon R. and Sara A. (Murphy) Jones.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Education, Pennsylvania State University, East Stroudsburg, 1958; Master of Arts in History, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1971; postgraduate, Immaculata (Pennsylvania) College, 1992-1994.

Career

Teacher, Control Bucks Schools, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1958-1959; teacher, Lehighton (Pennsylvania) Schools, 1959-1963; teacher, Centennial Schools, Warminster, Pennsylvania, 1963-1977; department head, American International Schools, Vienna, Austria, 1977-1978; head department social studies, William Tennent H.S., Warminster, 1978-1988; assistant professor education, Bloomsburg (Pennsylvania) U., 1988-1994; instructional specialist, Keystone Junior College, LaPlume, Pennsylvania, since 1994; dean education, Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, since 1995. Acting director secondary education Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, 1990-1992. Guest lecturer Koblenz-Landau U., Landau, 1993.

Lecturer cultural affairs American Embassy, Vienna, 1978.

Achievements

• Ralston Leon Jones has been listed as a noteworthy education educator, dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chair Zoning/Hearing Board, Wrightstown Township, Pennsylvania, 1968. With United States Navy, 1950-1954. Member Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, American Federation Teachers (vice president 1976).

Interests

• Avocations: travel, reading, walking, swimming, boating.

Connections

Married Shirley Lindermuth, August 30, 1957. Children: Beth, Robert.

Father:

Vernon R. Jones

Mother:

Sara A. (Murphy) Jones

Spouse:

Shirley Lindermuth

child:

Robert Jones

child:

Beth Jones