John S. Jones Jr. ’49

Jack Jones died of natural causes May 16, 2012, at his home in Santa Monica, Calif.

Jack was born Jan. 3, 1928, in Webster Groves, Mo. He attended Webster Groves High School and came to Princeton in the summer of 1945. He majored in English, sang in the Chapel Choir and Glee Club, and was active in Theatre Intime.

After college, Jack followed his own drummer and met his lifelong friend and mentor, Gerald Heard, who introduced him to yoga and meditation. He became a self-employed artist whose work was shown in many exhibitions on the West Coast. His love of natural beauty led him to work in landscape architecture and to a wonderful garden of his own.

To Jack’s   niece, Cathleen Helena Clay; his nephew, John Crane; and the extended family, the class extends condolences on their loss of this interesting and talented man.