Edwin Jones | |
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Born | Edwin Boyd Jones February 14, 1917 |
Died | September 3, 1998 |
Education | University of Utah Utah State University (M.S.) Michigan State University (Ph.D., agricultural, food, and resource economics, 1953) [2] |
Occupation | Corporation president |
Employer | Michigan National Bank |
Edwin B. Jones was an American business executive at Michigan National Bank from 1957, retiring as its chief executive in 1985. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Jones was born in Kanesville, Utah. He graduated from Weber High School. He had a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah a master's degree from Utah State University and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University.
Jones initially came to the head of Michigan National Corporation when Stanford Stoddard stepped down in 1984. [7]
Jones held several positions in the LDS Church including bishop, stake president, Regional Representative of the 12 (called in 1977) [8] and president of the Chicago Illinois Temple from 1988–1991.
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