1967 PSC Annual Report - Missouri Public Service Commission
1967 PSC Annual Report - Missouri Public Service Commission
1967 PSC Annual Report - Missouri Public Service Commission
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<strong>Commission</strong>er Marvin E. Jones was appointed to the <strong>Public</strong><br />
<strong>Service</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> by Governor Warren E. Hearnes on April 15,<br />
<strong>1967</strong>. His term of office continues until 1973.<br />
A former Dexter, <strong>Missouri</strong>,<br />
attorney, <strong>Commission</strong>er<br />
Jones was born June 8,<br />
1921 at Be r n ie, S tad dar d<br />
County, Mo. He was graduated<br />
from Bernie High School<br />
in 1939 and attended Southeast<br />
<strong>Missouri</strong> State College, Cape<br />
Girardeau, prior to entering<br />
the armed forces.<br />
A World War II veteran,<br />
<strong>Commission</strong>er Jones served<br />
as aerial navigator on B-17<br />
Bombers with the 15th Air<br />
Force. He was awarded the<br />
Air Medal with four 0 a k leaf<br />
clusters and the Purple Heart<br />
with two oak leaf clusters for<br />
his combat service in Italy.<br />
He was discharged in 1945 with<br />
the rank of First Lieutenant.<br />
<strong>Commission</strong>er Jones received<br />
his LL. B. degree from<br />
the University of Mis sou r i<br />
School of Law in 1950andthen<br />
enrolled in t hat university's<br />
MARVIN E. JONES school of Business and <strong>Public</strong><br />
<strong>Commission</strong>er Administration. He served as<br />
Claims Attorney for MFA Insurance<br />
Companies and was manager of the District Claims Office<br />
at Dexter, supervising claim adjustments in the Southeastern <strong>Missouri</strong><br />
area fro m 1951 until 1958. In 1958 he entered private practice<br />
of law at Dexter forming the Powell, Jones and Ringer law firm.<br />
A past pre sid en t of the Stoddard County Bar Association,<br />
<strong>Commission</strong>er Jones was active in numerous civic affairs at Dexter.<br />
He was a member of the Board of Deacons of the First Baptist Church<br />
of Dexter and had served as its chairman. He is a Colonelan the<br />
staff of Governor Hearnes.<br />
He is presently serving as a member of the Executive Board<br />
of the Midwest A ssociation of Railroad and Utilities <strong>Commission</strong>ers.<br />
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