Jenkin_Lloyd_Jones_Sr.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones Sr. (1911/1912 – February 24, 2004) was the longtime owner and editor of the Tulsa Tribune.
In 1933, Jones earned a degree in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin.
Jones was the editor of the Tulsa Tribune from 1941 to 1988 and its publisher until 1991.[1] Lloyd Jones's father Richard Lloyd Jones had bought the newspaper in 1919 from businessman-philanthropist Charles Page, and had also served as its editor.[2] His brother Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. served as president.[3] His son Jenkin “Jenk” Lloyd Jones Jr. took over as editor and then publisher when Jones Sr. retired.[1]
Jones Sr. was also the president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1956, and was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1972.[1]
He died on February 24, 2004, at age 92.[4]