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Third president of Bob Jones University

Robert Reynolds Jones III (born August 8, 1939) is an American academic administrator and writer.

The son of Bob Jones Jr. and grandson of Bob Jones Sr., he served as the third president of Bob Jones University from 1971 to 2005.

Bob jones iii biography of mahatma

Biography

Jones was born in Cleveland, Tennessee, the son of Fannie May (Holmes) and Bob Jones Jr. He moved with his family to Greenville, South Carolina in 1947 when Bob Jones College built a new campus and became Bob Jones University.^[1] Because his father was a connoisseur of the arts, Jones early visited Europe and the Levant on his father's summer tours.

As a teenager, Jones was given minor roles in campus Shakespeare performances and a major role in the film version of his father's novel Wine of Morning. Likewise, as the son and grandson of well-known fundamentalists, Jones met many politicians and notable preachers in his youth.

At fifteen, his father rusticated Jones to a