Jones, Randall L.
Dates
- Existence: 1939-
Biographical History
Randall L. Jones (born 1939) is a professor of German and academic administrator in Utah. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Randall L. Jones was born in Cedar City, Utah on February 21, 1939 to Wayne K. and Aleda Christiansen Jones. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served a mission to Southern Germany in the early 1960s. After his return he married Janet Loraine Taylor on May 24, 1962. Jones attended Brigham Young University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1963 and a master's in 1965. He then studied at Princeton University, receiving a second master's degree in 1966 and a Ph.D. in linguistics in 1970.
After graduating Jones took a position teaching linguistics at Cornell University, where he worked from 1968 to 1978. During this time he also took a two year leave to serve as a linguistics consultant at the Central Intelligence Agency's Language School. In 1978 he left Cornell for Brigham Young University, where he taught German language and literature. He also served as the founding director of the Humanities Research Center from 1983 to 1990, and as dean of the College of Humanities from 1993 to 1998. was a professor over Germanic languages and linguistics. In 1993, he was appointed as the Dean of the College of Humanities.
Jones has been recognized with various awards for his work, including the Outstanding German Educator Award from the American Association of Teachers of German in 2008 and the Bundesverdienstkreuz Award from the German government in 2009.
Citation:
Testing language proficiency. c1975A frequency dictionary of German, 2005: CIP t.p. (Randall Jones)
E-mail to publisher, May 4, 2005: (Randall L. Jones, b. Feb. 21, 1939)
BYU Organizational History, via WWW May 11, 2012: College of Humanities (dean from 1993-1998) Humanities Research Center (director, 1983-1990)
BYU Magazine, via WWW, May 11, 2012: College Buzz (2008 Outstanding German Educator Award from the American Association of Teachers of German)
Brigham Young University website, June 19, 2012 (Randall L. Jones; recipient of the Bundesverdienstkreuz Award; honored for his distinguished career in teaching, publishing and promoting the modern German language, a career that began with his experiences as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Southern Germany in the 1960s and spanned more than four decades)
Wesleyan University website, via WWW, June 19, 2012 (Randall Jones; professor of German literature; former dean of College of Humanities; founding director of the Humanities Research Center)
Directory of American scholars, 1982: vol. 3, p. 262 (Randall Lee Jones; b. Feb. 21, 1939 in Cedar City, Utah; m. 1962; linguistics, Germanic languages; BA, Brigham Young University, 1963; MA, Brigham Young University, 1965; MA, Princeton University, 1966; Ph.D. linguistics, Princeton University, 1970; assistant professor, linguistics, Cornell University, 1968-1972; linguistic consultant, Central Intelligence Agency Language School, 1972-1974; assistant professor linguistics, Cornell University, 1974-1978; associate professor, 1978-1982; professor of German, Brigham Young University, 1982- )
Who's who in the West, 1994-1995: p. 416 (Randall Lee Jones; German language educator; b. Feb. 21, 1939 in Cedar City, Utah; son of Wayne K. and Aleda (Christiansen) J.; m. Janet Loraine Taylor, May 24, 1962; BA, Brigham Young University, 1963, MA, 1964; MA, Princeton University, 1966, Ph.D., 1970; assistant professor, Cornell University, 1968-72, 1974-78; associate professor, Brigham Young University, 1978-82, professor, 1982- ; Democrat; LDS Church)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
College of Humanities dean records, 1991-1997
Includes correspondence, reports, and department files from the tenure of Dean Randall L. Jones. The materials pertain to department and committee meetings, 1991-1997.