obituary

O. Lloyd Jones, 73, a retired U.S. Naval Academy chemistry professor, died of pancreatic cancer Feb. 10 at his home in Annapolis after a 2-month illness. The son of the late Owen Kenyon and Ruth Brayton Jones, Associate Professor Jones was born July 31, 1935, in Hackensack, N.J.

He earned his A.B. degree in chemistry from Drew University and received his doctorate in chemistry from West Virginia University. While working on his Ph.D., he taught chemistry at West Virginia University. He retired from USNA in January 1997, after more than 32 years.

While a civilian professor, he also coached sailing to the midshipmen aboard the Academy’s 44-foot Luders yawls. A member of the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron for decades, he taught navigation and sailing principles while an advisor aboard the yawls and Class A vessels sailing on the Chesapeake Bay and offshore. He crewed in the Marion to Bermuda race, and was aboard one of four Naval Academy yawls selected to participate in the 1976 Bicentennial Tall Ships Sail Parade on the Hudson River in New York City.

In addition to being an avid sailor, racing his own sailboat Harlech and placing among the top finishers several times in the Great Ocean Race, he cruised many summers to Maine and Cape Cod. He was a Boy Scout leader in Eastport in the early ’70s and was an instructor for a variety of camping badges. In retirement, he played duplicate bridge, traveled extensively, and volunteered his time and energy as a member of the Annapolis Friends Meeting House and Friends of the Light House Shelter, Inc.

He is survived by wife Jeanne Jones, whom he married in 2000; and by children Gwendolyn Jones of Milton, Del.; Deborah Krisko of Boston, Mass.; Teresa Everett of Arnold, and Brian Jones of Annapolis. He is also survived by children Megan Campbell of Columbia and Dylan Jones and their mother Priscilla Jo Jones of Severna Park.

Professor Jones has three grandchildren, Perrin and Andrew Krisko of Boston, Mass.; and Tyler Campbell of Columbia. He is also survived by sisters Elizabeth White of Berkeley Heights, NJ; and Nancy Easterly of Medford, NJ.

A memorial service will be held at the Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 Dubois Road, Annapolis, on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Friends of the Light House Shelter, Inc., P.O. Box 6149, 206 West Street, Annapolis, Md. 21401.