Roger W. Jones

Roger W. Jones
Born February 3, 1908
New Hartford, Connecticut
Died May 28, 1993(1993-05-28) (aged 85)
Torrington, Connecticut
Occupation Career Public Service member
Title State Department's Deputy Secretary for Administration, Chairman of the Civil Service Commission
Spouse(s) Dorothy Heyl[1]
Children Three
Website Roger-Jones-Award.cfm

Roger W. Jones (February 3, 1908 – May 28, 1993) was a United States government official that served seven United States Presidents in various capacities, including a position as deputy secretary of state under President John F. Kennedy. During his 43 years of service in the United States federal government, he also served as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget and Chairman of the Civil Service Commission,[2][3] and was awarded the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service and the National Civil Service Reform League Award.

Early life

Roger W. Jones was born February 3, 1908 in New Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from Cornell University in 1928 at the age of 20, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society, and he received a master's degree in English from Columbia University in 1931. While attending Columbia, Jones married Dorothy Heyl on February 1, 1930 with whom he later had three children.[4][5][6]

Career

In 1933, the family moved to Washington, D.C. and Jones began working at the former Central Statistics Bureau that later became the Budget Bureau, a predecessor to the Office of Management and Budget.[4][5][6]

During World War II (1939-1945), Jones served in the United States Army and was assigned to the Combined Chiefs of Staff, the supreme military staff for the western Allies during World War II. He retired from the army as a full colonel, and received the Legion of Merit and Order of the British Empire. After the war, Jones returned to career public service and rose to be Deputy Director of the Budget Bureau in 1958 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.[7] In 1959, President Eisenhower named Jones to head the Civil Service Commission, the predecessor of the Office of Personnel Management.[2][3][5]

In January 1961, President-elect John F. Kennedy chose Jones to be the State Department's Deputy Secretary for Administration. Jones left the State Department in 1962 and moved back to the Budget Bureau. He retired eight years later in 1968 at the age of 60, but was called back to duty at the bureau a year later in 1969 by President Richard M. Nixon to be the person in charge of developing personnel policies. He retired again in 1975 and moved back to his childhood home town of New Hartford. Jones died at age 85 in 1993 in Torrington, Connecticut.[3][4]

Other service

Mr. Jones served on the governing boards of the American Red Cross and the National Institute of Public Affairs, and was a senior fellow at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. American University issues two Roger W. Jones Awards each year in recognition of outstanding public service by career Senior Executive Service federal employees.[2]

Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership

The American University's School of Public Affairs annually awards the Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership to "public servants in the federal government whose careers are marked by extraordinary effectiveness in organizational development".[8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Dorothy Heyl Jones, Hartford Courant, July 11, 1999, p. B4, retrieved October 27, 2013
  2. 1 2 3 "Roger Jones - Served Under 7 Presidents". Hartford Courant. May 30, 2013. Retrieved Oct 27, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Administrative Officer, Bureau of the Budget, 1939-42; and successively Budget Examiner, Assistant to the Director, Deputy Assistant Director, Assistant Director for Legislative Reference, and Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget, during the period, 1945-59". Oral History Interview with Roger W. Jones. Truman Library, Aug 14, 1969. Retrieved Oct 27, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Roger W. Jones, 85, A Deputy Secretary Of State for Kennedy". New York Times. May 31, 1993. Retrieved Oct 27, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "Roger W. Jones, Chairman Of Civil Service Panel, Dies". Washington Post. May 30, 1993. Retrieved Oct 27, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Roger W. Jones Papers - American University Library". American University. Retrieved Oct 27, 2013.
  7. ↑ 5 Billion Asked To Combat Slums; But City Officials on Visit to White House Fail to Win Administration Support, New York Times, October 2, 1958, retrieved October 27, 2013
  8. ↑ "Nomination Call For The 2007 Roger W Jones Executive Leadership Award". U.S. Marine Corps. Retrieved Oct 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Perspectives on Executive Leadership". Government Executive Magazine. Retrieved Oct 27, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Performance Awards by Type". National Institutes of Health. Retrieved Oct 27, 2013.
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