THOMAS HENRY JONESThomas Henry Jones grew up in the Midwest, graduated from Iowa State University, and as so many other young men who had never seen an ocean, joined the Navy. He served five years as an officer on small vessels. The smallest were 31-foot river patrol oats, sent up the rivers of Vietnam to cut enemy-supply lines. He was awarded a Bronze Star. He graduated from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in 1970 and worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Miami, Chicago, and Charlotte. Since 1983 he has worked for IBM in Charlotte, most of that time as manager of corporate community relations. He is the father of three grown children and lives in Davidson, North Carolina. Read More Read Less