The Carolyn F. Jones Professorship of Ophthalmology II

This Professorship was established in 2022, when the value of the endowment of the Carolyn F. Jones Professorship of Ophthalmology had increased sufficiently to support a second professorship. The original Professorship was established in 1996 by the bequest of Carolyn F. Jones (1903–1993). The chair is awarded to an outstanding faculty member in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Scheie Eye Institute. 

Mrs. Jones was a generous supporter of hospitals, universities, and many other charities from her home in southern California, where she moved following her marriage to the lawyer Berkeley F. Jones (1903–1957) in 1950. They met during her 10-year career as Office Manager at the Stang Medical Clinic in New York City. 

Mrs. Jones, who had grown up in Roswell, NM, and graduated from business college in St. Louis, MO, enjoyed traveling the world and graciously remembered her family’s Penn connections in her will. In addition to endowing this chair, she also created a Professorship at the University of Pennsylvania Law School honoring her brother, James L. Johnson (1906–1989), a graduate of the Class of 1933. 

Current Chairholder

The Carolyn F. Jones Professorship of Ophthalmology II is currently open.