J.W. Jones
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John W. Jones was president of Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College
from 1945 to 1964. Jones was its first Ph.D president. He came to Northwest as dean of faculty in 1938.
During his presidency he oversaw a number of important building improvements and events:
Structures:
Events:
Northwest Missouri State University
Northwest Missouri State University is a state university in Maryville, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, it offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. The campus, based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, is the official Missouri State Arboretum....
from 1945 to 1964. Jones was its first Ph.D president. He came to Northwest as dean of faculty in 1938.
During his presidency he oversaw a number of important building improvements and events:
Structures:
- Bearcat ArenaBearcat ArenaBearcat Arena is a 2,500 seat multi-purpose arena in Maryville, Missouri. It was built in 1959 and renovated in 1993. It is the home of the Northwest Missouri State University basketball and volleyball teams....
opened in 1959 - Colden Hall
- Bearcat StadiumBearcat StadiumBearcat Stadium is the football stadium of the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats in Maryville, Missouri and is the oldest continuous site for any NCAA Division II school....
improvements - J.W. Jones Student Union (dedicated in 1956)
- Expansion of seven dormitories
- Expansion of the Wells Library
- Expansion of the Industrial Arts Building
- DeLuce Fine Arts Building (under construction when he left office)
- Martin-Pederson Armory dedicated in 1955 by Harry S. TrumanHarry S. TrumanHarry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...
Events:
- A gas tank by the Wabash RailroadWabash RailroadThe Wabash Railroad was a Class I railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. It served a large area, including trackage in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri and Ontario. Its primary connections included Chicago, Illinois, Kansas City, Missouri, Detroit,...
tracks behind Residence Hall explodes injuring around 20 and killing Roberta Steel on August 28, 1951 - First graduate level courses in 1955
- Faculty rank system and tenure
- Renaming of the school to Northwest Missouri State College in 1955
- Statue of Abraham LincolnAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
in the Administration Building is shot by a night watchman on May 17, 1959 - Horace Mann High School on the campus closed in 1960
- KDLX signed on the air in 1960
- Women's basketball reinstitute in 1962
- National Guard is called out during food riots in April 1964