Jones is Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia (UGA), retiring from the university in 1989 after completing 21 years of service plus 10 years as Professor of Agronomy at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Dr. Jones received his B.S. degree in agricultural sciences from the University of Illinois in 1952 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in agronomy from Pennsylvania State University in 1956 and 1959, repectively.