Charles Frederick Jones ’38

Chuck died June 16, 2003, in Bernard, Maine, the town to which he and his wife, Susannah, had retired.

At Princeton he majored in history, was a captain of the university dining halls, and a member of Charter Club. In WWII he was an Army captain, and at war's end, served on the war crimes commission of the 801st Military Police Battalion in the Philippines.

After several years in business, Chuck attended Yale Graduate School, receiving a doctorate in sociology. Later, he became the executive director of the John Hay Whitney Foundation in NYC and was active in the civil rights movement. In 1969 he moved his family to North Carolina where they joined the Celo Community. He designed and built the Celo Inn at Burnside, which he operated as a bed and breakfast until 1987. After retiring to Maine, he helped found Hancock County Habitat for Humanity, served as a hospice volunteer, and was a member of the Episcopal Church at Southwest Harbor.

He is survived by his wife; his daughter, Simmy Holzer; sons Timothy and Amos Lawrence; two grandsons; and two great-granddaughters. To them, the class extends condolences.

The Class of 1938