Gwethalyn Jones Explained

Gwethalyn Jones
Birth Date:August 18, 1880
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, US
Death Date:June 19, 1959 (age 78)
Death Place:Lake Forest, Illinois, US
Occupation:Philanthropist
Parents:David B. Jones
Relatives:Thomas Davies Jones (uncle)
Edward H. Bennett (brother-in-law)

Gwethalyn Jones (August 18, 1880 – June 19, 1959) was an American philanthropist. She made large donations to Princeton University, and to Chicago charities. She was the first president of the Three Arts Club of Chicago.

Early life and education

Jones was born in Chicago, the daughter of David Benton Jones and Nora Bayley Jones. Her father was a zinc manufacturer,[1] born in Wales. Her uncle was Thomas Davies Jones.[2] [3] Her sister Catherine married Chicago architect and city planner Edward H. Bennett.

Philanthropy and clubwork

In 1927, Jones made several large donations to Princeton University,[4] [5] to establish professorships in mathematics, chemistry and physics.[6] [7] In 1929, she made further gifts to Princeton[8] [9] to build Fine Hall (now Jones Hall), a new building for the mathematics department.[10] [11] Also in 1929, she gave $25,000 to the Frank Billings Clinic Fund at the University of Chicago.[12] She gave $10,000 to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1939.[13] In the 1930s she donated $750,000 to Chicago Children's Memorial Hospital, to create a clinic named for her uncle.[14] In 1946 she hosted a fashion show fundraiser at her Lake Forest home, to benefit the same hospital.[15]

Jones was the first president of the Three Arts Club of Chicago, a women's arts organization that offered respectable lodging to young women artists and art students.[16] [17] She was a competitive amateur golfer, as a member of the Onwentsia Club.[18] [19] She was a governing member of the Art Institute of Chicago,[20] and on the board of directors of the Chicago City Opera Company.[21]

Personal life

Jones had three homes, including "Pepper Hill",[22] a home with notable gardens in Montecito, California, and a townhouse in Chicago.[23] [24] [25] She died in 1959, at the age of 78, at her summer home in Lake Forest.[26] [27]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 1962-08-26 . Pembroke Lodge Sold . 35 . Chicago Tribune . 2023-11-14 . Newspapers.com.
  2. August 29, 1923 . David B. Jones, Organizer of the Zinc Industry Passes Away . Paint, Oil, and Chemical Review . 76 . 7.
  3. June 3, 1927 . Triple Benefaction . Princeton Alumni Weekly . 27 . 1021.
  4. News: 1927-10-02 . Chicago Woman Gives $200,000 to Princeton; Gwethalyn Jones Endows Chair for Uncle . 24 . Chicago Tribune . 2023-11-13 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: May 31, 1927 . Princeton to Have Two New Chairs; Endowed by Thomas D. Jones and His Niece, Miss Gwathalyn Jones . en . 20 . The New York Times . 2023-11-14.
  6. June 3, 1927 . New Professorships Created in Chemistry and Physics . Princeton Alumni Weekly . 27 . 1023.
  7. Book: Zitarelli . David E. . David E. Zitarelli. A History of Mathematics in the United States and Canada: Volume 2: 1900-1941 . Dumbaugh . Della . Della Dumbaugh. Kennedy . Stephen F. . 2022 . American Mathematical Society . 978-1-4704-6730-2 . 271 . en.
  8. Book: Durkee, Robert K. . The New Princeton Companion . 2022-04-05 . Princeton University Press . 978-0-691-21044-5 . 279. en.
  9. News: 1929-01-11 . Princeton Gets Gift of $500,000 . 4 . The Courier-News . 2023-11-14 . Newspapers.com.
  10. Beman-Cavallaro, Andrew. "Expansion of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University and the Founding of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study: 1900-1950" Graduate Review 1(1)(2021): 37.
  11. Web site: Reference: Fine Hall (now Jones) . 2023-11-13 . Princetoniana Museum.
  12. October 26, 1929 . Educational Notes & News . School & Society . 30 . 774 . 571 . Internet Archive.
  13. News: 1939-03-08 . Gwethalyn Jones Gives $10,000 to Virginia Museum . 10 . Chicago Tribune . 2023-11-13 . Newspapers.com.
  14. February 1939 . Children's Memorial, Chicago, to Erect Tenth Unit of Plant . Modern Hospital . 52 . 2 . 114 . Internet Archive.
  15. News: Loring . Kathryn . 1946-09-07 . Fashion Revue Feature of Tea to Aid Hospital . 11 . Chicago Tribune . 2023-11-14 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: Hughes . Bob . 1986-03-02 . Way We Were . 155 . Chicago Tribune . 2023-11-13 . Newspapers.com.
  17. Book: Stolte, Keith M. . Chicago Artist Colonies . 2019 . Arcadia Publishing . 978-1-4671-4322-6 . 113. en.
  18. Book: The Onwentsia Club . The Club . 1899 . 50 . en.
  19. News: 1916-09-08 . Onwentsia Golf Attracts Many . 12 . Chicago Tribune . 2023-11-14 . Newspapers.com.
  20. Art Institute of Chicago . April 1930 . Fifty-first Annual Report of the Trustees . Quarterly Annual Reports . 34 . Internet Archive.
  21. June 1936 . Chicago City Opera Roster Named . Musical Courier . 113 . 23 . 1 . Internet Archive.
  22. Book: Bissell, Ervanna Bowen . Glimpses of Santa Barbara and Montecito Gardens . 1926 . Schauer Printing studio, Incorporated . 53–54 . en.
  23. News: 1958-04-10 . Tour of Gardens Scheduled Friday . 30 . Santa Barbara News-Press . 2023-11-13 . Newspapers.com.
  24. News: 1934-01-28 . Social Merry-Go-Round Takes Last Gay Whirl Before the Lenten Calm Descends . 101, 102 . Chicago Tribune . 2023-11-13 . Newspapers.com.
  25. News: 1953-03-12 . Opening of Spring Garden Tours Feature of Conservation Week . 5 . Santa Barbara News-Press . 2023-11-13.
  26. News: Gwethalyn Jones, Philanthropist, 78 . en . The New York Times . 2023-11-13.
  27. News: 1959-06-21 . Gwethalyn Jones . 57 . Santa Barbara News-Press . 2023-11-14 . Newspapers.com.

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