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| Name | Glenn R. Jones |
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| Info | Glenn R. Jones has spent three decades extending the reach of technology, first by bringing cable television to American homes, and then by fusing education with technology to serve lifelong learners worldwide via the Internet. Mr. Jones has pioneered Internet technologies, authored several books, and created more than 20 technology companies in the Internet, e-commerce, software, education, entertainment, radio, and cable television industries.
Mr. Jones received a B.S. in Economics from Allegheny College and a J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law. He obtained a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Colorado School of Law, and completed the Executive Program at Stanford Business School in 1973. Mr. Jones served as a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), and the Board of Governors for the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). He is currently on the Board and Education Council of the National Alliance of Business (NAB), and is one of the founding members and is on the steering committee of the James Madison National Council, the first national advisory body in the 190-year history of the Library of Congress.
Mr. Jones has received numerous awards, among which are the Most Outstanding Corporate Individual Achievement Award from the International Distance Learning Conference (IDLCON), for contributions to distance education (1993), and the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement, for advances in distance education (1994). Mr. Jones was named Man of the Year by the Denver chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) (1994) and was inducted into Broadcasting and Cable's Hall of Fame in 1994.
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