George thaddeus jones biography

George Thaddeus Jones (1918 – 1995) was a composer and former chairman of the theory and composition department at the Catholic University School of Music.

Jones was born in Asheville, N.C. and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He graduated from the University of North Carolina and received a master's degree and a doctorate in music from the Eastman School of Music. He joined the Catholic University faculty in 1950, and studied methods of teaching music composition on Fulbright fellowships in Rome in 1954 and 1955 and in Bucharest in 1966 and 1967.

He retired in 1984, but continued to work part-time at the university. He received the Benemerenti Papal Medal in recognition of his service to the university.

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