Jenkin Lloyd Jones Sr. (1911/1912 – February 24, 2004) was the longtime owner and editor of the ''

Tulsa Tribune The ''Tulsa Tribune'' was an afternoon daily newspaper published in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1919 to 1992. Owned and run by three generations of the Jones family, the ''Tribune'' closed in 1992 after the termination of its joint operating agreement ...

''. In 1933, Jones earned a degree in philosophy from the

University of Wisconsin A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

. Jones was the editor of the ''Tulsa Tribune'' from 1941 to 1988 and its publisher until 1991. Lloyd Jones's father Richard Lloyd Jones had bought the newspaper in 1919 from businessman-philanthropist

Charles Page Charles Page (June 2, 1860 – December 27, 1926) was a businessman and important philanthropist in the early history of Tulsa, Oklahoma. After his father died when Page was an 11-year-old boy in Wisconsin, he left school early to try to help sup ...

, and had also served as its editor.Jones, David. GTR Newspapers. June 17, 2007. Retrieved October 26, 2012. His brother Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. served as president. His son Jenkin “Jenk” Lloyd Jones Jr. took over as editor and then publisher when Jones Sr. retired. Jones Sr. was also the president of the

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in 1956, and was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1972. He died on February 24, 2004, at age 92.

Family

Jones's father, Richard Lloyd Jones, was a cousin of noted architect

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed List of Frank Lloyd Wright works, more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key ...

, who designed his home in Tulsa in 1929. The house, officially known as Westhope, was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on April 10, 1975. Its NRIS number is 75001575."Tulsa Landmarks and Famous Places - Westhope."
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