Show we e re proud of 41 Z f earl W jones son of mr air and mrs mr george P jones henefer er was born april 24 2 1912 at the age of 13 15 he was stricken with spinal meningitis and lost his hearing he was a student at north summit it high school at the time of his affliction and becoming somewhat despondent refused to return to for five years he remained it at home helping on the farm and taking aline his turn at herding sheep in the nearby hills one day he announced he would like to take a lip reading course ind and frank driggs of the utah school for the deaf persuaded him dim to enter the school and continue his studies he did so graduating from the school at ogden in lone june 1935 that fall he w was a s awarded a scholarship at gallaudet co college elege columbia school for t the h e deaf washington DC graduating in june it limo 10 with a BA degree he then accepted a teaching position at the school for the deaf in sioux falls south dakota shere he taught for two years in he enrolled at the university of michigan and won his MA degree this accomplishment was considered noteworthy because of the fact that few deaf students have been able to earn an advanced degree from an accredited college training people with normal hearing earl is now teaching at t the h e michigan school for the deaf at flint mich alich he has been on the staff for the past four years he married kathleen al tek alpena mich in 1944 their lome home is in flint mich |