Edwin B. Jones

For the Virginia politician, see Edwin B. Jones (politician).
Edwin Jones
Born
Edwin Boyd Jones

February 14, 1917
Kanesville, Utah[1]
DiedSeptember 3, 1998
EducationUniversity of Utah
Utah State University (M.S.)
Michigan State University (Ph.D., agricultural, food, and resource economics, 1953)[2]
OccupationCorporation president
EmployerMichigan 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.

  1. ^ Death: Edwin Boyd Jones, Deseret News, September 6, 1998, archived from the original on March 3, 2016
  2. ^ Detroit: Banker's ability recognized, Deseret News, February 10, 1968
  3. ^ Brower, Brock (May 5, 1967), Puzzling Front Runner, Life, p. 88
  4. ^ Leatham, Louis Salisbury (1961), The Joshua Salisbury family book of remembrance: a genealogical-historical and biographical dictionary of Joshua Salisbury, his ancestry, his descendants, and allied families, Edwards Bros.
  5. ^ News of the Church - Ensign Sept. 1988 - ensign
  6. ^ Poll, Douglas (1980), Howard J. Stoddard, founder, Michigan National Bank, Michigan State University Press, p. 243, ISBN 9780870132209
  7. ^ New York Times, July 13, 1984
  8. ^ Ensign September 1977 article listing newly called Regional Representatives of the 12