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Dickinson College chooses new president
Retired federal judge John Jones III was named the 30th president of Dickinson College, in a unanimous vote by the institution’s board of trustees.
He had been interim president since June 2021, after retiring as chief judge of the U.S. Middle District of Pennsylvania. During his interim tenure, Jones launched The Campaign for Scholarships: Change a Life – Change the World, “the most ambitious financial-aid fundraising effort in the college’s history,” according to a release.
“I am honored to be leading Dickinson and view this role as the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Jones, a 1977 alumnus of the college. “I am passionate about our liberal arts education and excited to work alongside our faculty, staff, students, parents and alumni as we take our beloved college to the next level.”
Douglas Pauls, chair of the board of trustees, added: “As we began discussions about commencing a national search for the next Dickinson president, it was quite clear to me and the board that we already had the right person for the job – an alumnus, a parent and previous board chair, who cared enough about Dickinson to resign from a lifetime judicial appointment to serve his alma mater at a critical time.”
Jones, who was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush in 2002, is the recipient of numerous accolades. In 2006, Time magazine named him as one of its 100 most influential people in the world. He was also given the first John Marshall Judicial Independence Award by the Pennsylvania Bar Association and has been recognized as one of the 25 most influential graduates in Dickinson’s history.
