L. Ken Jones
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L. Ken Jones | |
|---|---|
| Chancellor of LCU | |
| In office February 2011 – Present | |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse | Suzie Jones |
| Children | Mitch Jenny |
| Alma mater | Oklahoma State University BS MS & PhD in Agricultural Engineering |
Dr. L. Ken Jones is the chancellor of Lubbock Christian University in Lubbock, Texas. Dr. Jones served as the fifth president of LCU from 1993 until 2011 when he was named chancellor. L. Timothy Perrin succeeded Dr. Jones as president of LCU. In addition to being chancellor, Dr. Jones also took on the interim role of President of the LCU Foundation in 2014.[1]
Jones began an engineering career in 1974 as a civil engineer in hydrology subsection for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A year later Jones moved to Perry, OK, to be an area engineer for the Soil Conservation Service from 1975 until 1978 when he accepted an assistant professor of agricultural engineering position at Oklahoma State University.
Jones switched his career goals from engineering to ministry in 1982 when he became the pulpit minister for North Garland Church of Christ in Enid, OK, for six years. In 1988 Jones moved to Lubbock, Texas, to serve as pulpit minister at Sunset Church of Christ.[2] Jones then became president of Lubbock Christian University in 1993, where he served for eighteen years, making Jones the longest sitting president in LCU’s history. Jones stepped down from the presidency to pursue more public speaking opportunities as LCU’s first Chancellor in 2011.