Joseph Merrick Jones

Joseph Merrick Jones ( born August 21, 1902 in New Orleans, Louisiana, † March 11, 1963 in Metairie, Louisiana) was an American lawyer.

After graduating from Tulane University, he was a lawyer in New Orleans at the law firm Jones, Flanders & Waechter (now Jones Walker). 1942, after the U.S. entry into World War II, Jones took his post in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Speechwriter to, wrote speeches, among other things, Dean Acheson, George C. Marshall and Harry S. Truman and worked with George F. Kennan in the design of the Marshall Plan.

1948 Jones went back to his profession. He also served as editor of Fortune magazine and consultant to the United Nations. In 1963, he announced that the Tulane University will also accept black students.

He died in a fire of his house died.

• Person in the State Department of the United States
• Lawyer ( United States)
• Lawyer in the foreign service
• Americans
• Born in 1902
• Died in 1963
• Man