Ralph Kneeland Jones Jr. was born in Bangor, Maine, Aug. 8, 1866, the son of Dr. Ralph Kneeland and Octavia Norris Jones. He was educated in the public schools of Bangor, entered Maine State College in the fall of 1883, graduating in the class of 1886, with the degree of Bachelor of Science from the course in chemistry. He was student assistant in the library for two years, one of the editors of the year book for two years, a founder and an editor of the Campus. After graduation he was for four years in the iron tube business in Ohio. Later he was in the employ of Theodore Metcalf Co., manufacturing chemists in Boston. In 1897 he was elected librarian at University of Maine and attended the library school at Amherst College. From 1898 to 1916 he was Corresponding Secretary of the Alumni Association. He died at Wellesley Hills, Mass. on June 9, 1917.
From the description of Agricultural education papers, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 55045181
