Background

Jones, Robert Marion was born on May 31, 1919 in Fulda, Minnesota, United States. Son of John Webster and Emma Louella (Price) Jones.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1940.

Career

Newspaper reporter, Hennepin County (Minnesota) Review, 1938-1940; Newspaper reporter, Madison (South Dakot) Daily Leader, 1940-1942; Newspaper reporter, Sioux Falls (South Dakot) Daily Argus-Leader, 1942-1945; editorial assistant, associate editor, managing editor, Better Homes & Gardens, Meredith Public Company, Des Moines, 1945-1954; editor, Family Circle, New York City vice president, Family Circle, Inc., 1955-1967; series editor, Time-Life Books, Inc., 1967-1981; corporation planning consultant, Time-Life Books, Inc., 1982-1986.

Achievements

• Robert Marion Jones has been listed as a noteworthy Book and magazine editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Foliage House Plants (The Time-Life Encyclopedia of Gardening)

    (Extremely useful plant guide.)

Membership

Member Magazine Publications Association, University of Minnesota Alumni Association, American Society Magazine Editors (Executive Committee), Time Life Alumni Society, Sigma Delta Chi.

Connections

Married Mary Catherine Burd, November 16, 1940. Children– Sheila Jones Reagan, Robert Michael, Jeffrey Paul, Molly Jones Marshall, Christopher Francis.

Father:

John Webster Jones

Mother:

Emma Louella (Price) Jones

Spouse:

Mary Catherine Burd

child:

Christopher Francis Jones

child:

Molly Jones Marshall Jones

child:

Jeffrey Paul Jones

child:

Sheila Jones Reagan Jones

child:

Robert Michael Jones