Richard Alan Jones

Background

Jones, Richard Alan was born on October 7, 1948 in Highland Park, Michigan, United States. Son of James Verdell and Eileen Elizabeth (Farley) Jones.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1976.

Career

Research assistant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1970-1973; research fellow, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1973-1976; assistant professor, University of California, Davis, 1976-1982; associate professor, University of California, Davis, 1982-1988; professor plant genetics, University of California, Davis, since 1988. Board of directors National Agricultural Genetic Engineering Laboratory, Cairo, Egypt, since 1989, California Tomato Board, Fresno, since 1977, Internat/ Desert Development Commission, since 1990. Consultant United Nations Development Programme/Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Rome, Vienna, Egypt, Chile, New York, since 1987.

Science.Panel member United States Agency for International Development/Cooperative Arid Land Agricultural Research Program, Egypt, Israel, United States, 1983-1989, A.E. Einstein Peace Prize/Maryout Project, Israel, Egypt, since 1987.

Achievements

• Richard Alan Jones has been listed as a noteworthy Plant genetics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Plant Physiologists, Crop Science Society American, GeneticsSoc. American, Scandanavian Society Plant Physiologists, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocation: photography.

Connections

Married Katherine Rose Indoe, August 10, 1968. Children: Kristine M., Katherine A.

Father:

James Verdell Jones

Mother:

Eileen Elizabeth (Farley) Jones

Spouse:

Katherine Rose Indoe

child:

Kristine M. Jones

child:

Katherine A. Jones