Please answer the following question: Facts: - name: dan jones - title: chancellor of the - order: 16th Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of daniel jones -lrb- chancellor -rrb- .
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daniel wayne '' dan '' jones -lrb- born march 19 , 1949 -rrb- served as the 16th chancellor of the university of mississippi .he was appointed june 15 , 2009 , after robert khayat announced his retirement from the post on january 6 , 2009 .jones was formerly the vice chancellor for health affairs , the dean of the school of medicine and the herbert g. langford professor of medicine - all three at the university of mississippi medical center .he was the national president of the american heart association for the 2007-2008 year .