JONES, Howard Vallance 1922-2013
JONES, EDMONDSON, AAKVIK, MORALES, HUFFNAGLE
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/5/2013 at 21:14:23
[Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier, Sunday, May 19, 2013]
CEDAR FALLS — Howard Vallance Jones Jr., 91, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home, Waterloo.
He was born April 6, 1922, in Chicago, son of Howard Vallance Jones Sr. and Frances Ninetta Edmondson Jones. He married Ellen Margaret Aakvik on July 21, 1956, in Richmond, Ind. She died Dec. 18, 2000.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He graduated from Newton High School in 1939 and earned his A.B., magna cum laude, in 1946; A.M. in 1947 and Ph.D. in 1950, all from Harvard University. Following graduation, he was assistant professor of history at the University of New Hampshire and later Iowa State Teachers College (UNI), where he became professor in 1963. He was the first elected Chair of the Faculty; First University Commencement Marshal; and past Chair of the Faculty Senate, retiring in 1991. In 1958, he served as Chair of ISTC Lecture-Concert Series Committee (later UNI Artists Series) and started UNI Chamber Music Series in 1967. In 1974, he started UNI-Civic Arts Association (later Friends of the Gallagher-Bluedorn) and was executive secretary as well as author of the newsletter until retirement. He was a member of the Association of College and University Concert Managers (now the Association of Performing Arts Presenters) where he served on the board, as national conference chairman, vice president and president. He was past president of the Cedar Falls Rotary Club.
Survived by a daughter, Catherine E. (Raul A.) Morales of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; and two grandsons, Sean J. and Kayle M. Huffnagle.
Preceded in death by a son, Howard V. Jones III.
Celebration of life service: 4 p.m. Thursday at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls.
Memorials in lieu of flowers, may be directed to the Howard and Ellen Jones UNI Foundation, Community Foundation Howard Jones Chamber Music Fund, or Community Foundation Operatic Fund.
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