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Comment: If he's best known as an English professor, why doesn't the article contain anything about his research, etc...? asilvering (talk) 05:18, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Roger Milliken Jones is best known for his work as an English professor in the University of Michigan's College of Engineering Humanities department[1], which led to the dedication of the Roger M. Jones Poetry Contest and the Roger M. Jones Fellowship Abroad in his memory.
He was born on August 30th, 1916, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.[2] According to the Biddeford-Saco Journal, he started as a high school English teacher at Old Orchard Beach High School and became the beloved director of the Drama Department.[3] In the era of his directorship, his success was marked in articles like "Old Orchard High Play Unusually Successful."[4] He ran the debate team and was an integral part in his town's wartime efforts to support the U.S. in WWII.[5][6] In his final year at Old Orchard, the students dedicated the school yearbook to him saying, "The book is dedicated to Roger M. Jones, our friend and teacher, for his encouragement and guidance has been an inspiration in the pursuit of our studies."[7]
When he moved to Michigan in 1952[8], he became a beloved university professor. According to one of his students, "He was so devoted to his work that if he lacked enough students to fill his classes, he would hold them anyway."[9]
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- ^ "Roger M. Jones Poetry Contest". umich.edu. Michigan Engineering. 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Obituaries". Ann Arbor News. 21 March 1977.
- ^ "Old Orchard Schools Open". Biddeford-Saco Journal. 9 September 1939.
- ^ "Old Orchard High Play Unusually Successful". Biddeford-Saco Journal. 6 December 1941.
- ^ "Members Of Debating Team At Old Orchard High". Biddeford-Saco Journal. 25 April 1944.
- ^ "Roger M. Jones Heads War Bond Drive At Beach". Biddeford-Saco Journal. 17 January 1944.
- ^ "O.O. Beach Annual Book Of Much Interest Is Now Being Distributed". Biddeford-Saco Journal. 10 June 1942.
- ^ University of Michigan (1958). University of Michigan Official Publication, Directory (Report).
- ^ Baybik, Erena (19 April 1996). "Engineers Design Perfect Poetry In A Contest Geared For Creativity". The Michigan Daily.