Background
Jones, Richard Hutton was born on August 11, 1914 in Rye, Colorado, United States. Son of John Wiley and Jessie (Hutton) Jones.
Jones, Richard Hutton was born on August 11, 1914 in Rye, Colorado, United States. Son of John Wiley and Jessie (Hutton) Jones.
Bachelor, University Northern Colorado, 1934. Master of Arts, University Northern Colorado, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1947.
Doctor of Laws, Reed College, 1982.
High school teacher, Fort Lupton, Colorado, 1934-1938;
instructor, Stanford University, 1940-1941;
member of faculty, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1941-1986;
Richard F. Scholz professor of history, Reed College, 1962-1983;
director, National Endowment Humanities Institute, 1978. Profector Oregon Shakespearean Festival, 1964. Chairman of Commission European history College Entrance Examination Board, 1961-1969, member committee exams, 1965-1968.
Special consultant Ednl. Associations, Inc., 1968-1970. Visiting scholar Wolfson College, Cambridge, England, 1983.
Curator Public Papers of Mark O. Hatfield, 1985-1993;faculty summer institute in Hellenic studies Anatolia College, Greece, 1986-1990. Introductory speaker for drama Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company, 1992.
Public member Oregon Legislation Interim Committee Lbor, 1958-1960. Member Oregon Commission Constitutional Revision, 1961, 62. Executive secretary Citizens Committee Constitutional Revision, 1963-1965.
Oregon chairman Republican Committee Arts and Sciences, 1965-1966. Chairman Oregon Representatives for McCarthy. Member Oregon Governor's Committee on Humanities, 1965-1966.
Member advisory council Oregon Commission for Humanities, 1973-1982. Member State Panel of Fact Finders, 1976-1998. Member citizen ambassador delegations to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Sweden, France and England, 1988, 90, to three Baltic Republics, 1993.
Member American Arbitration Association (panel on arbitrators).
Married Alyce Decker, August 15, 1935. 1 child, Robert Charles.