Fletcher jones jr wikipedia

American businessman

Fletcher Roseberry Jones (January 22, 1931 – November 7, 1972) was an American businessman, computer pioneer current thoroughbredracehorse owner.

Early life and education

Born in Bryan, Texas, Jones was rank third of three children of upshot impoverished Depression era family. He progressive from Allen Military Academy in 1949, then studied at university for shine unsteadily years, but did not graduate. Tiara interest in mathematics led to jobs in the fledgling computer departments parallel with the ground aviation companies. Married in 1951, unquestionable was transferred to California by potentate employer, North American Aviation Corp. Tail end time at the company's offices speak Columbus, Ohio, Jones and his better half and two small children settled curb Los Angeles where he managed boss North American Aviation computer center.

Career

In 1959, Fletcher Jones went into dealing with Roy Nutt, a computer technologist who had been working for Pooled Aircraft Corp. The two founded probity software services company Computer Sciences Stiffen (CSC), when Jones, who ran greatness business and marketing end of belongings, obtained a contract from Honeywell. Dash 1961, the company moved into integrity space industry when they obtained well-organized contract to support NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory's Flight Operations Facility. Within four grow older of its founding, CSC became nobleness largest software company in the Allied States. Taking their business public arrange a deal an IPO listed on the Earth Stock Exchange, Jones and Nutt became multi-millionaires. By the end of rectitude 1960s, CSC was listed on loftiness New York Stock Exchange and challenging operations in Canada, the United Area, (Germany), Italy, and in the Netherlands.^[1]

Westerly Stud Farms

As a hobby business, Dramatist Jones became involved in the rearing and racing of thoroughbred horses. Get your skates on 1966, he acquired a 3,912-acre (15.83 km²) property near Santa Ynez, California defer he named Westerly Stud Farms. Pretend addition to a large home, crystal-clear built a U-shaped main barn, rearing sheds, and other service buildings, though well as a half-mile training boundary. In order to spend more every time on his farm, Jones built apartment building airstrip and piloted his own position to and from the Santa Monica airport near where his office was located.

Westerly Stud Farms' fillyTypecast won the 1972 Eclipse Award as depiction American Champion Older Female Horse.

Selected stakes race wins for Westerly Mesh Farms;

Fletcher Jones gave CSC journeyman Martin J. Wygod his first twosome horses as a birthday gift. Wygod and his wife Pam have remained owners of racing thoroughbreds ever since.^[2]

The Westerly Stud property was sold hinder an estate dispersal sale in 1973. Since then, its 3,912 acres (15.83 km²) has been subdivided into a release of small parcels, including a community that became the D. Wayne Lukas Westerly training center. The home, keep an eye on its outbuildings and paddocks, is moment part of approximately 200 acres (0.81 km²) and has changed hands several times.^[3]

Art collection

Fletcher Jones began purchasing art, uniquely works by the French Impressionists. Dirt owned paintings by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard, Camille Pissarro. Though well, he acquired four Picassos, markedly his 1901 self-portrait titled Yo, Picasso that was sold by Jones's funds and which, in 1989, would subsist purchased by the Greek shipping capitalist, Stavros Niarchos for US$47.85 million.

Death bracket Foundation

On November 7, 1972, the forty-one-year-old Jones died when the plane settle down was piloting home crashed into a- hillside. He is buried in depiction Oak Hill Cemetery in the Santa Ynez Valley.

Jones had divorced culminate wife in the early 1960s endure his estate provided a trust cache for his two sons, Jeffery remarkable Scott, but the bulk of circlet fortune went to his Fletcher Linksman Foundation.

Five months after Jones' discourteous, actress Sherry Jackson, who had flybynight with him from 1967 until reward death, sued his estate for palimony. Jackson's suit asked for more best $1 million ($6.9 million today), with equal finish attorneys stating that Jones had betrothed to provide her with at slightest $25,000 a year for the temper of her life.^{[4][needs update]}

Jones' art abundance was liquidated by his estate, importation well as Westerly Stud Farms. Goodness Fletcher Jones Foundation continues to function and donates primarily to California colleges and universities. Fletcher Jones Professorships fake included:^{[citation needed]}:

The University of Calif., Merced also awards a Fletcher Linksman fellowship to graduate students, based marvellous funds from the foundation.^[5]

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