Dear colleagues,
I'm sorry to be the bearer of sad news. The following obituary
appeared in the Dallas Morning News today. Our colleague Caroline
Backlund, one of Lois' dear friends, will be attending the memorial,
thus ARLIS/NA will have at least one representative at the service.
Please note that there is an online guest book and that memorial
gifts can be made to ARLIS/NA or to ARLIS/Texas-Mexico.
Janine Henri
>Lois Swan Jones
>JONES, LOIS SWAN 79, of Dallas died August 7, 2006. Born at Baylor
>Hospital, Lois graduated from Highland Park High School and received
>a PhB, BS, and MS from the University of Chicago and a PhD from the
>University of North Texas. For 40 years, Lois and her family-first
>with her father, Hugo Swan, and then her two sons, Preston and
>Jeffrey-photographed art and architecture throughout Eastern and
>Western Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Russia, and North America.
>These European photographs, made during more than 33 trips, were
>used in her art history courses at the University of North Texas
>where she taught for more than 20 years and as the bases for the
>Development of Christian Symbolism Video Series, which she wrote and
>co-produced with her son Preston. Professor Jones's last
>publication--Art Information and the Internet: How to Find It, How
>to Use It (Oryx Press, 1999)--was the first in-depth book on
>research methodology incorporating data from the World Wide Web. The
>work won the Worldwide Books 2000 Award. Her other books include Art
>Information: Research Methods and Resources (3rd edition Kendall
>Hunt, 1990) and Art Libraries and Information Services: Development,
>Organization, and Management, with Sarah Scott Gibson (Academic
>Press, 1986). Since 1978, Dr. Jones has been listed in Who's Who in
>American Art. In 1992, the ARLIS/Texas Chapter established the Lois
>Swan Jones Professional Development Award in her honor. In April
>1997, she received the ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award. She was
>a member of the Art Libraries Society/North America (ARLIS/NA), Art
>Libraries Society/Texas (ARLIS/TX), the College Art Association, the
>Visual Resources Association, the Shakespeare Study Club, and the
>Dallas Country Club. Dr. Jones is survived by two sons and their
>wives-Robert Preston and Lisa Jones of Dallas and Jeffrey Swan and
>Kathleen Jones of New York City-and two granddaughters-Elizabeth
>Swan Jones and Veronica Jones. She is also survived by her sister,
>Phyllis Swan Dorsey of Cleveland; her brother and his wife, Hugo and
>Penny Swan, of Victoria, Texas; and a number of wonderful nieces and
>nephews. Memorial Service will be held Friday August 11th at 10:00AM
>at the chapel at Sparkman-Hillcrest followed by a graveside service.
>In lieu of flowers, Memorial contributions may be made to Art
>Libraries Society/North America (ARLIS/NA), the Art Libraries
>Society/Texas (ARLIS/TX), or a library of your choice. Dignity
>Memorial Sparkman Hillcrest 7405 W. Northwest Hwy. Dallas (214)
>363-5401
>
>OB6 Obituaries, Notices
>Published in the Dallas Morning News on 8/9/2006.
>Guest Book:
>http://www.legacy.com/dallasmorningnews/Guestbook.asp?Page=GuestBook&PersonID=18807690
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