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<\/a>Jones conducts a fall semester seminar, \u201cThe Emergence of the Modern Mind,\u201d in 2008.<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cWhen we offered Jimmy the job as the 21st president back in 2004, I asked him, on behalf of the board, to enhance the academic reputation of Trinity College. He has done an outstanding job at Trinity because he has fulfilled exactly what we asked him to do.\u00a0He has brought in outstanding young faculty and maintained our core of outstanding existing faculty.\u201d
\n– Paul E. Raether \u201968, P\u201993, \u201996, \u201901, Chair of the Board of Trustees<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cI have been honored to serve with Jimmy for the past two years. He has demonstrated his love for my alma mater, his natural affection for the students, his highest regard for the faculty, his appreciation of our parents and alumni, his romance with railroads, and his taste for chocolate macaroons. I will miss Jimmy\u2019s warmth, kindness, and largesse.\u201d
\n– Mary Jo Keating \u201974, Secretary of the College and Vice President for College Relations<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cAfter four presidents in four years, Jimmy came to the rescue! He brought to Trinity the experience and wisdom accumulated over decades as a teacher, scholar, administrator, and college president. What a blessing to have the leadership and stability of his 10 years as our president.\u201d Jones leads the way at the Vernon Social ribbon-cutting in September 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cAmong Jimmy\u2019s most important achievements was recruiting the finest administrative team in generations. At a time when new faculty hiring was on hold across the country, Jimmy brought in a new dean of faculty and empowered her to seek the best young faculty she could find. This counterintuitive move by Jimmy is among his finest legacies and will enrich Trinity academics for decades.\u201d \u201cJimmy Jones, first and foremost, is a truly loving and principled man with vision, fortitude, and almost unbounded energy. Coupled with his extraordinary wife Jan, he is almost sui generis<\/i>. He has an uncanny ability to be with students, faculty and staff, alumni, and college benefactors, whatever the opportunities or challenges. We will miss his presence as an accomplished scholar, a thoughtful leader, and a friend to all.\u201d \u201cJimmy is energetic, infectious, exuberant, and intellectually charged. His belief in and support for the faculty have kept the academic excellence of the College at the absolute highest level. It is admirable that with all the responsibilities of a College president that he has always found time each semester to teach a seminar. His passion for the students, the faculty, and the College is exemplary.\u201d Professor Joan D. Hedrick, Charles A. Dana Professor of History, Joseph F. Wassong, Jr. \u201959, and Jones attend the Shirley G. Wassong Memorial Lecture in European and American Art, Culture and History, which Hedrick delivered on April 23, 2012<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cNo campaign can be successful without the support of the president. President Jones was actively involved; he was an energetic leader, always there for alumni gatherings, traveling extensively, and doing whatever he could to contribute to Trinity\u2019s fundraising success. His leadership was absolutely critical to the excellent outcome of our six-year fundraising effort.\u201d \u201cA respected leader among college presidents, Jimmy created financial discipline, improved governance, attracted talented faculty, and revitalized Development. He leaves an extraordinary legacy.\u201d \u201cMy deepest thanks for your unsurpassed love for, and leadership of, Trinity College. \u2026 Your presidency is so extremely important and vital; you at the helm\u2013miraculously (it seems) steering us past impossible obstacles.\u201d \u201cThe hallmark of Jimmy\u2019s personality is that, for him, it is always first and foremost about the students, whom he teaches, nurtures, and supports in ways that are seldom visible to the public at large. He cares deeply about sending students beyond the United States and Europe for their life learning and their education. We will sorely miss his commitment to the Trinity concept of study abroad.\u201d \u201cHe\u2019s done so much for the infrastructure. The restoration of the Long Walk was a great achievement for the College, as were the Crescent Street Townhouses, the new roof on Austin Arts, and the Gates Quad. I think he\u2019s done marvelously well.\u201d Jones speaks with Elizabeth Gerber \u201914 and Benjamin Rudy \u201913 during the 2013 Homecoming football game. Jones\u2019s wife, Jan, is at right.<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cPresident Jones has been an integral part of our athletic team\u2013he understands and appreciates the Division III NESCAC model and has been a great advocate for our coaches and student-athletes. We\u2019re going to miss having him, Jan, and their dogs on the sidelines next year.\u201d \u201cPresident Jones has accomplished many things at Trinity, but rather than list specific issues, I would emphasize the ways in which he accomplished them. His sense of integrity and commitment to the academic enterprise of the liberal arts, to me, underlies everything else.\u201d President James F. Jones, Jr., Trinity College\u2019s 21st president, offers remarks during his inauguration on October 17, 2004<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cBefore President Jones arrived, Trinity had four different presidents in the space of four years. His steady leadership during his decade in the office not only settled the uncertainty but allowed both him and the College to achieve great things.\u201d \u201cFor me and many others, President Jones has been a remarkable and inspirational mentor. His strong leadership touch will be felt at Trinity for years to come.\u201d \u201cThroughout his tenure I have been continually amazed by how many students President Jones knows personally and how supportive he has been of them and their work. His enthusiastic encouragement has had profound impacts on many who will remain grateful to him and Trinity for the rest of their lives.\u201d \u201cThe support he has shown to Trinity\u2019s rare book collections has made us the envy of our colleagues at other New England schools.\u201d \u201cPresident Jones\u2013Jimmy\u2013made a special effort to seek my input regarding how Trinity could better respond to the survivors of sexual assault.\u201d \u201cSoon after President Jones arrived at Trinity and while I was still a high school senior, I had the opportunity to meet him and perform Louis Vierne\u2019s \u2018Carillon de Westminster.\u2019 I am so grateful for the support he has shown chapel music and organ music at the College and will always remain amazed that I arrived at Trinity under his presidency.\u201d \u201cIn 10 years of dedicated service to the College, President Jones has steadfastly fulfilled President Ogilby\u2019s ideal of the \u2018Personal College.\u2019 \u201d \u201cThe opportunity to take a class with President Jones was undoubtedly once in a lifetime. The profound wisdom that President Jones shared with me reshaped my worldview and will stay with me for the rest of my life.\u201d Jones takes part in the inaugural Quest pre-orientation trip to Killarney Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, in August 2005.<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cI will be very sad to see you go, but am so grateful for the incredible way you have enhanced my education and the way you have helped shape me into an adult\u2013from moments on Quest \u2026 and Tibet! \u2026 to the classroom to the Quad. You have helped make Trinity a wonderful and safe place to learn and grow.\u201d \u201cWords cannot express our praise to you, the faculty and staff for [our daughter\u2019s] extraordinary four years at Trinity. \u2026 Your ability to touch the lives of your students in such a personal way is extraordinary.\u201d MetroHartford Alliance President and CEO Oz Griebel presents Jones with the Rising Star Award in January 2014 in honor of Jones\u2019s leadership and service to the College, the city, and the region.<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cPresident Jones has made a difference through what he has done \u2026 to make Hartford a better place. He is a down-to-earth person with a heart of gold.\u201d \u201cPresident Jones has been a quiet and determined champion of the Hartford Youth Scholars Foundation, making a difference one student at a time. He has done the work but not asked for the recognition he deserves. Now is the time that he should receive it.\u201d Photos by John Atashian, Al Ferreira, Nick Lacy, and John Marinelli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President James F. Jones, Jr. is set to retire on June 30, 2014, after a decade of service to Trinity College. What follows is a glimpse of his tenure through photographs and through the words of those who know him … Continue reading
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\n– Scott Reynolds \u201963, P\u201992, H\u201911, Secretary of the College, Emeritus; Former Member, Board of Trustees<\/i><\/p>\n
\n– William C. Richardson, Ph.D. \u201962, H\u201903; Member, Board of Trustees<\/i><\/p>\n
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\n– Mitch Merin \u201975, Former Member, Board of Trustees<\/i><\/p>\n
\n– Marjorie V. Butcher H\u201909, Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus<\/i><\/p>\n
\n– Milla Riggio, James J. Goodwin Professor of English<\/i><\/p>\n
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\n– Robin Sheppard M\u201976, Professor of Education and Associate Director of Athletics<\/i><\/p>\n
\n– Cheryl Greenberg, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of History<\/i><\/p>\n<\/a>
\n– Kevin McMahon, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science<\/i><\/p>\n
\n– David Brown \u201906, Ann Plato Fellow in English<\/i><\/p>\n
\n– John Rose, College Organist; Chapel Music Director<\/i><\/p>\n
\n– Richard Ring, Head Curator, Watkinson Library<\/i><\/p>\n
\n– Laura Lockwood M\u201995, Director, Women & Gender Resource Action Center <\/i><\/p>\n
\n– Chris Houlihan \u201909, Artist-in-Residence, 2013-2014<\/i><\/p>\n
\n– Peter Ragosta \u201915, Whitters Family Scholar<\/i><\/p>\n
\n– Meredith Munro \u201915 <\/i><\/p>\n<\/a>
\n– Mina Aiken \u201911 <\/i><\/p>\n
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