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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones

Birth
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
24 Feb 2004 (aged 92)
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Cenotaph
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.0884103, Longitude: -95.8823095
Plot
Section 8A, Court 1
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Editor, Syndicated Columnist. Jenkin Lloyd Jones graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor's degree in philosophy. He joined the Tulsa Tribune's staff in 1933, becoming the managing editor in 1936. He became editor and publisher in 1941. His Saturday editorials became a syndicated column that were carried in up to 150 newspapers nationwide. He was president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1956, and president of the United States Chamber of Commerce in 1969.
Editor, Syndicated Columnist. Jenkin Lloyd Jones graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor's degree in philosophy. He joined the Tulsa Tribune's staff in 1933, becoming the managing editor in 1936. He became editor and publisher in 1941. His Saturday editorials became a syndicated column that were carried in up to 150 newspapers nationwide. He was president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1956, and president of the United States Chamber of Commerce in 1969.

Inscription

In Memory Only
-Newspaperman~Traveller-
While Some Sip Life, He Gulped It,
And His Ashes, Cast Into The River,
Are Abroad Upon The Water of the World



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  • Created by: Red
  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86905510/jenkin-lloyd_jones: accessed ), memorial page for Jenkin Lloyd Jones (1 Nov 1911–24 Feb 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86905510, citing Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Red (contributor 47105291).