Background
Jones, Richard Herbert was born on September 2, 1930 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Son of Ulysses Simpson and Annie Virginia (Fraser) Jones.
Jones, Richard Herbert was born on September 2, 1930 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Son of Ulysses Simpson and Annie Virginia (Fraser) Jones.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Bachelor of Science, 1958). American University (Bachelor of Laws, 1964). Staff Editor, American University Law Review, 1963-1964.
Licensed Airline Transport Pilot, Convair 240/340/440, Lockheed L-188 and Douglas District of Columbia-9, 1969.
President, Bar Association of Air Carrier Pilots, 1970-1972. Member, 1970-1978 and Chairman, 1976-1978, Virginia Advisory Committee on Aviation.
Secretary, Flight Safety Foundation. 1973-1984 Secretary and Treasurer, Airline Pilots Association, International, 1969-1970.
President, Committee for National Airport, 1978.
Member, Presidential Advisory Board, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, 1982-1984. Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, 1984-1986.
Commercial pilot, Eastern Air Lines Inc., Washington, 1959-1984; partner, Lewis Wilson Lewis & Jones Ltd., Arlington, Virginia, 1970-1984; deputy administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, 1984-1986; aviation partner, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, since 1986.
Chairman Virginia Aviation Commission, 1978-1980. Member State Board for Community Colls., Virginia, 1980-1982. President Friends of National Airport, 1977-1980.
Member of advisory board National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 1983. Lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1953-1975, Korea., Vietnam. Member American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association (chairman air law committee 1977-1982), Federal Bar Association, Flight Safety Foundation International (corporation secretary 1970-1984), Airline Pilots Association International (secretary-treasurer), Washington Golf and Country Club (Arlington), West River Sailing Club (Galesville, Maryland.).
Married Agnes Anne Harless, December 27, 1958. Children— Richard Fraser, Allen Harless, Virginia Randolph.