Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 3 February 2000 — Page 46

The Muncie Times, Febuary 3, 2000, page 46

Muncie native Donald Jones speaks to Muncie Commission

Donald Franklin Jones grew up in the Whitely area of Muncie. His

family enrolled him at East

Longfellow School on Centennial Avenue in September 1954. He was an outstanding student from the start. On his second grade report card his teacher, Elma Ramsey, wrote, “Donald is an excellent student. He is quite mature and dependable. You have a fine boy. He may need some special music or other special

training to challenge him.

As a 5th grader at East Longfellow he built a binary abacus from cigar boxes and other scraps of material, this was forerunner of the computer age. An excellent athlete as well as a good student Jones went on to Kuhner Junior High School in

Muncie where he played track team. While achieving this basketball, football, baseball and athletic success he managed to ran track. graduate second in his 1967 class At Muncie Central High School at Muncie Central High School. A he was a four-star athlete as combined academic and partial quarterback on the football team, baseball scholarship landed him at center on the basketball team, first Purdue University in Lafayette,

marketing in Bethesda, Md. From there he was promoted to branch manager finance office, Chicago, 111. He left IBM in 1992 for American Express where he became vice president, client 'management in New York City. In 1998 he moved to Sear Roebuck Co., as vice president. He oversaw 5000 employees and increased sales by 9 percent and profits by 142 percent. He received Sears’ Chairman Team Award for 1999. Not content to sit on his laurels he became vice president of North American sales for Tellabs Operations, Inc. of Chicago. He is responsible for all products and solution sales activities in North America. He is married to Cardy Evans Jones. They have, one son, Zan, 14-years-old and an degree in mathematics from outstanding high school athlete. Purdue in 1972. He took graduate The family lives in Napierville, studies at Indiana/Purdue 111., just outside Chicago. His University in Indianapolis and parents are William and Lauthree Christian Theological Seminary in Jones of Muncie. Donald Jones

India-napolis. was recently back in Muncie to Upon graduation from Purdue, speak to the commission on the

baseman on the baseball team and Ind., upon graduation from Muncie he went to work for IBM as status of Black Males in Muncie. an outstanding shot putter on the Central. He earned his bachelor’s director public sector industry

Don Jones

Canan appoints 16 to 7 boards

Muncie Mayor Dan C. Canan recently made the following board appointments: John Young-El, Muncie, Commission on the Social Status of Black Males, indefinite term; and Samuel Clemmons, Frank Gilkson, Roni Johnson, William B. McIntosh, Jeff Howe, Jerry Thornburg, and Tom Wiley to 1-year terms on the Muncie Industrial Revolving Loan Fund Board. Also, Deane Rundell, DelawareMuncie Metropolitan Plan

Commission, 3 year term; Jeff Howe, Economic Development Board, 1-year term; Phyillies Burks, Human Rights Commission, 3 year term; Gretchen Cheeseman, Jonathan Spodek and Mike Davis, Muncie Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation Commission, 3year terms; and Annie Poole and Michael Powell, Muncie Redevelopment Commission, 1year terms.

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