Russell Scott Jones

Background

Jones, Russell Scott was born on April 11, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Scott and Edith Mary (Sossich) Jones.

Education

Bachelor in Biology, Mansfield University, 1974. Master of Science in Plant, Crop Physiology, North Carolina State University, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Plant, Crop Physiology, University Arkansas, 1985.

Career

Graduate teaching assistant, North Carolina State University Crops Department, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1976-1979; research assistant, U. Arkansas Altheimer Laboratory, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1979-1985; research associate, Purdue University Horticulture Department, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1986-1989; senior environmental scientist, Dynamac Corporation, Environmental Sciences, Rockville, Maryland., 1989-1994; environmental consultant, Mountain State Environmental Superior vena cava syndrome, Charlestown, W. Virginia, since 1994. Biology instructor Montgomery College, Germantown, Maryland., since 1991. Biology tutor Frederick (Maryland.) Community College, since 1994.

Appointed member, chairman water quality and environment resource committee, delegate Eastern Panhandle Soil Conservation District, Potomac Headwaters Resource Conservationism and Development Council, since 1995;senior biological consultant SRA Technologies Inc., Falls Church, Virginia, 1995-1996. Projectmgr., senior biologist environmental science center Syracuse Research Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, since 1996. Senior reviewer United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Achievements

• Russell Scott Jones has been listed as a notable environmental scientist, biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Plant Phyiologists, Botanical Society of America, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, Sigma Xi (Aubrey E. Harvey Graduate Research award Razor back chapter 1985).

Interests

• Avocations: skiing, volleyball, racqetball, hiking and camping.

Connections

Married Sharon Kay Reber, May 21, 1983. Children: Steven James Watkins Scott, Alexander Thomas.

Father:

James Scott Jones

Mother:

Edith Mary (Sossich) Jones

Spouse:

Sharon Kay Reber

child:

Steven James Watkins Scott Jones

child:

Alexander Thomas Jones