Lloyd P. Jones I
| Lloyd P. Jones I | |
|---|---|
| File:Lloyd Jones SS San Tome.jpgLloyd Jones SS San Tome.jpg Jones (with folded coat) at the launch of his father's ship, the S.S. San Tome in 1949 | |
| Born | November 2, 1922 Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City New York, U.S. |
| 💀Died | August 8, 2002 (aged 79) Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.August 8, 2002 (aged 79) |
| 🏫 Education | |
| 💼 Occupation | Mechanical engineer Business executive |
| 👔 Employer | Bethlehem Steel |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Patricia A. Larkin (m. 1952; died 1975) |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | Willard F. Jones Ruth Black |
Lloyd P. "Buck" Jones (November 2, 1922 – August 8, 2002) was an executive of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Perry/Rodgers Naval heir, and youngest son of noted Gulf Oil businessman Willard F. Jones
Early life and education
Lloyd Paul "Buck" Jones, Sr. was born on November 2, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, the youngest son of Willard F. Jones and Ruth Ann Jones (née Black).[1] Lloyd had one older brother, Willard E. Jones, who was born on November 21, 1917.[2]
Lloyd's father, Willard F. Jones, was a preeminent American naval architect and business executive who served as a general manager and vice president of the Gulf Oil corporation from the 1930s until the 1950s.[3] His mother, Ruth Ann Black, was a New England scion of both the Perry and Rodgers naval family dynasties. Ruth's maternal great-uncle was Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the victor of the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813, and great-great uncle Commodore John Rodgers, former Secretary of the Navy.[4][5]
During his youth, Jones resided in Bay Ridge and attended Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York. In 1940, Lloyd matriculated to Princeton University where he was a member of the Cannon Club and excelled as an athlete in varsity football, track, and lacrosse.[6]
During his senior year of college, Jones was commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Coast Guard, and served in the Pacific Theater on the USS Wakefield (AP-21) from 1944 until 1946. Following his wartime service, he completed his collegiate studies with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (now New York University).[7]
Career and professional life
Following his father's precedent, Jones entered into the field of naval architecture and was initially employed as a ship repair supervisor for Bethlehem Steel in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1946. This was followed by a brief stint as a ship salesman in 1948 in Bethlehem Steel's New York office, and later as an estimator for ship repair. In 1951, Lloyd Jones was named assistant to the manager of contracts at Bethlehem Steel's former Quincy, Massachusetts, shipyard, where he was responsible for negotiation and administration of ship contracts.
He was subsequently transferred to the company's Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, headquarters in 1965 as a contracting engineer in the fabricated steel division, and served in this position as a supervisor of contract termination from 1967 until 1972. In 1974, Jones was promoted to contracting manager of the department, and carried out this capacity until his retirement in 1982.[8]
Personal life, death and legacy
In 1952, Jones married fashion model and socialite Patricia Ann Larkin from Scarsdale, New York.[9] The two immediately resided in Cohasset, Massachusetts. With his wife Patricia, he had four children: Leslie L. Jones, Willard F. Jones II, Lloyd P. Jones II, and Barbara A. Jones. He and his family lived in the Archibald Johnston mansion in Bethlehem.
Jones was an avid horse racing enthusiast and golfer; he served on the board of Cohasset Golf Club and later, as chairman of the golf committee at Saucon Valley Country Club in the 1980s.
Jones died August 8, 2002, at St. Luke's Hospital, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, from complications due to emphysema and kidney disease.
References
- ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 1508; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 1116; Image: 173.0
- ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Brooklyn Assembly District 9, Kings, New York; Roll: T625_1158; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 1679; Image: 501
- ↑ "Willard F. Jones, 77, Gulf Oil Executive". The New York Times. August 20, 1967.
- ↑ "Deaths". The New York Times. September 5, 1964.
- ↑ "Mrs. A.P.R. Black, 73, Dies at Home", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, p. 13, May 22, 1933
- ↑ Princeton University Bric A Brac Yearbook (1943 ed.). Search this book on
- ↑ "Lloyd P. Jones Sr". August 2, 2002.
- ↑ "Steel Promotes Lloyd Jones to Manager". The Morning Call. May 8, 1974.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ "Lloyd Paul Jones Marries Miss Larkin of Scarsdale". Brooklyn Eagle. November 9, 1952.
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External link
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130411122/lloyd-paul-jones
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