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Spring 2004 Volume 7 Number 2 |
Home » MSC Today Magazine » Spring 2004 » Introducing The Charles H. Jones Building » About Charles H. Jones
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About Charles H. Jones
In June 2003, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved the request of Macon State College President David A. Bell to name the new academic building on the Macon campus in honor of Central Georgia business and community leader Charles H. Jones. Mr. Jones is recognized as a champion of higher education, enhanced healthcare and economic development in the region and the state. As a member of the Board of Regents from 1994 - 2001, he played pivotal roles in the modernization of facilities and fiscal management and in the introduction of master planning in the 34 institutions of Georgia's University System. For many years, Jones has been dedicated to the development of Macon State's baccalaureate programs and the College's new mission. He was the principal architect of the reorganization of the MSC Foundation and through the Jones Family Foundation, has generously supported its work. Since the Foundation's reorganization, its assets have increased from $350,000 to nearly $9.7 million. The chairman of Macon real estate development company Ocmulgee Fields Inc., Mr. Jones is a member of the President's Club at his alma mater, the University of Georgia. He has also serve3d on the Mercer University Board of Trustees and on the Mercer School of Medicine's Board of Governors, as well as on the Presbyterian College Board of Visitors. His other community involvement includes service on NewTown Macon Inc.'s Board of Directors; the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce; Return of the Creek Indians Commission; Macon - Bibb County Convention & Visitors Bureau; United Way; Museum of Arts & Sciences; Macon - Bibb County Hospital Authority; Bibb County Development Authority; Macon - Bibb County Industrial Authority; and the Medical Center of Central Georgia's MedCen Foundation.
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