Background
Jones, Russell was born on January 5, 1918 in Minneapolis. Son of Lewis Russell and Elizabeth (McLeod) Jones.
Jones, Russell was born on January 5, 1918 in Minneapolis. Son of Lewis Russell and Elizabeth (McLeod) Jones.
Student in public schools, Mpl. and Stillwater, Minnesota.
Step children—Jozsef Karolyi van Nagykaroly, Erzsebet Karoli von Nagykaroly. Reporter, radio columnist Saint Paul Dispatch 1938-1941. Company-founder, combat reporter The Stars and Stripes, 1942-1945, civilian reporter, 1947-1948.
Company-owner, editor for or Germany, Weekend magazine, Paris, 1948-1949.
With U. P., 1949-1958, London, Prague, Vienna, Frankfurt, chief Eastern European correspondent, 1956-1958. Middle Eastern correspondent Columbia Broadcasting System News, from 1958.
Later with American Broadcasting Company News, bureau chief in Beirut, Tel Aviv and Moscow. Retired; 1977.
Married Martha ’Sennyey von Kissenye, July 29, 1955.