JENKIN LLOYD JONES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000403210003-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 27, 1974
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/01/12 : CIA-RDP90-00965R000403210003-2
2 7 APR 1974
JENKIN LLOYD JONES
Mr. Jones has been editor of the Tulsa Tribune since
1941 and publisher of that newspaper since 1963. Joining
the Tribune staff in 1933, he
moved up to the vice presidency
in 1938 and became editor three
years later. Mr. Jones is the
author of a book, The Changing
Wor/d, and numerous travel pam-
phlets. An inveterate traveller, he
has been around the world five
times. He visited the South Pole
north of the Arctic Circle on five occasions. In all, his jour-
neys have taken him to 112 countries. The columnist and
Tribune editor is a recipient of the William Allen White
Award from the American Society of Newspaper Editors and
served as president of that organization. In addition, Mr.
Jones is a past president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Well known in Oklahoma for his many civic activities, the
Tulsa newspaperman is the recipient of numerous awards,
including the Freedoms Foundation's Freedom Leadership
award, the Fourth Estate award of the American Legion and
distinguished service awards from the University of
Wisconsin and the University of Oklahoma. As a lieutenant
commander in the Navy during World War II, Mr. Jones took
part in both the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns;
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/01/12 : CIA-RDP90-00965R000403210003-2