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Edwin C. Jones Jr.

Ed-Jones-Jr Photo

Inducted

05/03/1991

Degrees

B.S. Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, 1955 
 Diploma, Imperial College of the University of London, 1956 
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1962


Edwin C. Jones, Jr., was born in Parkersburg, WV, received a BSEE degree with High Honors from WVU in 1955, a Diploma of the Imperial College of the University of London in 1956, and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1962. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during 1956-58.

In 1980 he received a Meritorious Service Award from the Education Society of IEEE and in 1984 was a Centennial Medal Recipient. In 1986 he received an Accreditation Activities Award from IEEE Education Activities Board, a Faculty Citation by ISU for service to the University and was named a Fellow of ASEE. In 1988 he was named a Fellow of IEEE "for contributions to engineering education" and in 1989 he was named a Fellow, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.

He is at present a University Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University and Coordinator of Off-Campus Courses, ISLI Extension to Business and Industry.