page_title: Thomas E. Jones (university president)
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas E. Jones (university president)
caption_attribution_description: English: Thomas Else Jones, president of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee 1926; member, Nashville Friends Meeting
context_page_description: Thomas Elsa Jones was the fifth president of Fisk University, serving - and especially fundraising - from 1926 to 1946. He was later president of Earlham College, 1946 to 1958. A Quaker, Jones served as a missionary with his wife in Japan, and sponsored the first 'Friends' meetings in Nashville on Fisk campus.
  Growing up in Fairmount, Indiana, Jones attended Fairmount Academy. He received his bachelor's degree from Earlham College in 1912, and studied at Hartford Theological Seminary, graduating with a B.D. in 1915. Jones earned an M.A. in 1917 and a Ph.D. in sociology in 1926 from Columbia University.
  Jones died on August 5, 1973, in Richmond, Indiana, home of Earlham College.
context_section_description: Thomas Elsa Jones (1888 – August 5, 1973) was the fifth president of Fisk University, serving - and especially fundraising - from 1926 to 1946.  He was later president of Earlham College, 1946 to 1958.  A Quaker, Jones served as a missionary with his wife in Japan, and sponsored the first 'Friends' meetings in Nashville on Fisk campus.
  Growing up in Fairmount, Indiana, Jones attended Fairmount Academy. He received his bachelor's degree from Earlham College in 1912, and studied at Hartford Theological Seminary, graduating with a B.D. in 1915. Jones earned an M.A. in 1917 and a Ph.D. in sociology in 1926 from Columbia University.
  Jones died on August 5, 1973, in Richmond, Indiana, home of Earlham College.
caption: Thomas Elsa Jones, 
   Fisk University, Nashville
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