Joseph Merrick Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joseph Merrick Jones

American lawyer, diplomat

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1902

Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 11-Mar-1963

Profession: lawyer, jurist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Joseph Merrick Jones

  • Joseph Merrick Jones (August 20, 1902 – March 11, 1963) was an American lawyer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • He served as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs in the U.S.
  • State Department at the close of World War II, and was for many years the president of the Board of Tulane University.
  • Jones graduated from Tulane and was admitted to the bar.
  • He built a successful law practice in New Orleans as the senior partner of Jones, Flanders & Waechter.
  • In 1937 the firm reorganized and eventually became Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P. In 1942, the law practice was set aside temporarily as a number of associates joined the armed services.
  • Jones was too old to enlist, but went to work in the state department.
  • His gift for analysis and abilities as a speech writer let to his appointment as Assistant Secretary in 1946.
  • He became an active supporter of the Marshall Plan, writing parts of speeches for Dean Acheson, George Marshall, and Harry S.
  • Truman.
  • Jones left federal service in 1948 and returned to Louisiana and the practice of law. He was a fellow of Yale University's Department of Political Science, an editor of Fortune, and a special consultant to the United Nations. In 1947 Jones had joined the board of Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund.
  • He became its president and served there for the rest of his life.
  • In early 1963 he announced that Tulane would admit black students, beginning in the spring semester.
  • He and his wife were killed when fire swept their home in Metairie, Louisiana soon after.
  • Arson was suspected but never proven.

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