Roger W. Jones

Roger W. Jones (February 3, 1908 – May 28, 1993) was a United States government official who served seven United States Presidents in various capacities, including Deputy Secretary of State under President John F. Kennedy. During his 43 years of service in the United States federal government, he also served as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget and Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, and was awarded the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service and the National Civil Service Reform League Award.

Early life Roger W. Jones was born February 3, 1908, in New Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from Cornell University in 1928 at the age of 20, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society, and he received a master's degree in English from Columbia University in 1931. While attending Columbia, Jones married Dorothy Heyl on February 1, 1930, with whom he later had three children.

Career In 1933, the family moved to Washington, D.C. and Jones began working at the former Central Statistics Bureau that later became the Budget Bureau, a predecessor to the Office of Management and Budget. In 1959, President Eisenhower named Jones to head the Civil Service Commission, the predecessor of the Office of Personnel Management.