September 21, 2021
Presented by John E. Jones III ’77 P’11, interim president, Dickinson College and Joanne Adebayo ’21, partnership marketing coordinator, L.L.Bean
Dickinson produces leaders who impact their communities and effect positive change. Each one of those leaders has a story to tell and valuable lessons to share. This semester, interim President John E. Jones III ’77, P’11, is kicking off Presidential Dialogues, a discussion series that will highlight and share these distinctive stories and lessons from Dickinsonians at various stages in their career journeys.
During this dialogue, President Jones will sit down with Joanne Adebayo ’21, partnership marketing coordinator at L.L.Bean, to discuss her preparation and how Dickinson continues to shape her future and leadership goals.
This program is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the Office of the President. It is also part of the Clarke Forum’s Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty Series.
This event will also be livestreamed - here is the link. For more information about this event visit https://clarke.dickinson.edu/tuesday-september-21-2021/
Biographies
John E. Jones III ’77 P’11 became interim president of Dickinson on July 1. He is slated to serve a two-year term. Jones previously served as chair of Dickinson’s board of trustees and recently retired as chief judge of the U.S. Middle District Court of Pennsylvania, a position to which he was appointed by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate in 2002.
Jones has presided over a number of high-profile cases, including the landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover School District, after which he held that it was unconstitutional to teach intelligent design within a public school science curriculum. He also resolved the matter of Whitewood v. Wolf by striking down as unconstitutional Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage. Jones co-chaired Pennsylvania Governor-elect Tom Ridge’s transition team and served as chair of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.
Jones has received numerous accolades during his career. In 2006, Time Magazine named him as one of its Time 100 most influential people in the world. He was the recipient of the first John Marshall Judicial Independence Award given by the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He also received the Geological Society of America’s President’s Medal and was inducted into the George Washington Spirit Society. An engaged alumnus and champion of the liberal arts, Jones was presented with an honorary doctorate in law and public policy from Dickinson College, where he also was recognized as one of the 25 most influential graduates in the college’s history.
Born and raised in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, he is a graduate of Mercersburg Academy, Dickinson College and Penn State Dickinson Law. He and his wife Beth have two children, Meghan and John ’11, and three grandchildren.
Joanne Adebayo ’21 is from Princeton, New Jersey and currently works for the global outfitting company L.L.Bean in their marketing department as a Partnership Marketing Coordinator. She has a B.A. in International Business & Management with a concentration in Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation and is a Young Alumni Trustee.
At Dickinson she was a recipient of the Grant D. Fryling ’04 Memorial Prize for International Business, co-founder and board member of the Women of Color Summit, presidential fellow, co-manager of the Innovation Competition, president of Dickinson Christian Fellowship, residential advisor, and writing tutor.
Further information
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- Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Cost: Free