Edwin B. Jones was an American business executive at

Michigan National Bank Michigan National Bank was a bank founded in Lansing, Michigan, which was established on 31 December 1940 when Howard J Stoddard consolidated six Michigan banks: First National Bank and Trust Company of Grand Rapids, First National Trust and Sav ...

from 1957, retiring as its chief executive in 1985. Jones was born in Kanesville, Utah. He graduated from Weber High School. He had a bachelor's degree from the

University of Utah The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...

a master's degree from

Utah State University Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public university, public land grant colleges, land-grant research university with its main campus in Logan, Utah, United States. Founded in 1888 under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts as Utah's federal ...

and a Ph.D. from

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

. Jones initially came to the head of Michigan National Corporation when Stanford Stoddard stepped down in 1984. Jones held several positions in the LDS Church including bishop, stake president, Regional Representative of the 12 (called in 1977)''Ensign'' September 1977 article listing newly called Regional Representatives of the 12
/ref> and president of the Chicago Illinois Temple from 1988–1991.

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