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Richard Lloyd Jones (April 14, 1873 – December 4, 1963) was the long-time editor and publisher of the now defunct ''Tulsa Tribune''. He was noted for his controversial ultra-conservative positions on political issues. The son of a notable Unitarian missionary, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, he was a co-founder of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.〔Hughes, Peter. Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography. "Richard Lloyd Jones." Retrieved October 25, 2012.()〕 ==Early life== Richard Lloyd Jones was the only son of Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Susan Barber. He was born April 14, 1873 in Janesville, Wisconsin. He was named for his paternal grandfather, Richard Lloyd Jones.〔Tauscher, Cathy and Peter Hughes. "Jenkin Lloyd Jones." ().〕 His father and mother were both leaders of the Western Unitarian Conference. In 1881, the family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where his father had been called as the settled minister of All Souls Unitarian Church. A biography says that Richard was athletically inclined and proficient in a number of sports, including swimming, skating, tennis, and horsemanship. The article suggests that there was some tension between the boy and his parents, who had high scholastic ambitions for him. During his youth, he left home to work on a Nevada sheep ranch, but his parents insisted that he return home and pursue higher education. He studied for a while at the University of Wisconsin, then entered the University of Chicago, where he graduated with an LL.B. in 1897 and a LL.M. in 1898.〔 Jones worked briefly as a lawyer, but did not stay long in this profession. In 1899, he was hired as a reporter and editor by the ''Telegram'' of Stamford, Connecticut. He was an editorial writer for the ''Washington Times'' from 1900 to 1902, and an editor for ''Cosmopolitan Magazine'' in 1902–1903. From 1903 until 1911, he was a writer and associate editor for ''Collier's Weekly'', working under the publisher Robert J. Collier.〔 In 1905, Robert Collier and Jones collaborated to buy the old Abraham Lincoln farm at auction in Hodgenville, Kentucky. Then they organized a fundraising campaign to establish a historic site, which was opened during the Lincoln Centennial in 1909. The first board of trustees for the site included Jones, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Mark Twain, William Jennings Bryan and President William H. Taft.〔 From 1905 until 1911 he was a member of the Federal Prison Labor Commission. This service confirming in his mind that the system reformed nobody, but turned them into hardened criminals. He editorialized, "...our whole prison system is born of ignorance and arrogance; it is medieval; it is the most fruitful factory we have for making criminals. They do not reform but confirm criminals. They break down self-respect when, what the individual needs, and what the state needs, is self-respect built up."〔 By 1911, Jones had decided to buy his own newspaper. His friend, the Wisconsin senator Robert LaFollette, Sr., helped him buy the ''Wisconsin State Journal''. He and his paper supported LaFollette until 1917, when the two broke over the issue of American entry into World War I. Jones supported American involvement, while both his father and Senator LaFollette vigorously opposed it. His city editor resigned to found his own newspaper. Realizing that he had made powerful political enemies, he decided to sell this paper and move out of the state.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Lloyd Jones」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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