I am sorry to report that James Jones, a long-time professor at the University of Wisconsin passed away last week. Professor Jones, who continued to teach after his retirement in 1993, was an expert in labor law. Cribbing now a little from his website:
Professor Jones has written widely on labor law and equal employment and affirmative action. He has been an Associate of the Institute for Research on Poverty and was the Director of the Center for Equal Employment and Affirmative Action of the Industrial Relations Research Institute from 1974 to 1993. From 1971 to 1973 he was the Director of the Industrial Relations Research Institute. He was a John Bascom Professor from 1983-1991, when he became the Nathan P. Feinsinger Professor of Labor Law. He was the 1991 recipient of the UW Hilldale Award as the outstanding professor in the Social Science Division and the 1995 recipient of the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. In 1996, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Illinois Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations. ...
A firm believer in the Wisconsin Idea--the boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state--Professor Jones was appointed by the President of the United States to the Federal Service Impasses Panel (1978-1982); by the Governor of the State of Wisconsin to the Manpower Planning Council (1971-1976); and the Wisconsin Task Force on Comparable Worth (1984-1986); and by the Mayor of the City of Madison to the Police and Fire Commission (1973-1977 and 1994-1995). He served several three year terms in the University Senate and on the Athletic Board from 1972-1989. He has been a member of the United Auto Workers Board of Public Review since 1970.
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