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Program Points of History
- 1976
Founding
The Robert T. Jones, Jr. Scholarship was established by sourcing funding from the St Andrews Bobby Jones Trust (the St Andrews Trust), the New York Bobby Jones Trust (the New York Trust), and the Bobby Jones Program Endowment at Emory University (the Emory Endowment) - 1977
First Jones Scholar
The first Emory student, David Marshall, completed his year as the first Jones Scholar to attend the University of St Andrews - 1978
Expansion
Jones Program expanded to include scholars from St Andrews studying at Emory - 1983
Growth
Jones Program grew from one to four scholars each from Emory and St Andrews - 1987
10 Years
10th anniversary of the Jones Scholarship - 2001
Georgia Tech
From 2001 to 2018 Georgia Tech selected Fellows in Physic to exchange with St Andrews - 2002
25 Years
Jones Program 25th anniversary commemorated in St Andrews - 2008
Fellows Program
From 2008 to 2019 Bobby Jones Fellows were exchanged between Emory and St Andrews on a two year degree Fellowship - 2012
Friends
The Friends of Bobby Jones was established by John Imlay as a 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the legacy and values of Jones through the Bobby Jones Scholarship and Fellowship - 2014
Jones Program in Ethics
John and Mary Ellen Imlay gave $1 million to establish the Laney Graduate School Jones Program in Ethics to bring foundational, cross-disciplinary discussion of ethics in research, training, and future careers - 2015
Jones Exhibit
The “Game of Life” exhibit opened at Emory’s Rose Library based on materials drawn from two Jones collections at Emory University’s Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library - 2016
Biomedical Engineering Award
First student awarded the Jones Biomedical Engineering Award - 2017
40 Years
The 40th Anniversary and Reunion was commemorated in St Andrews - 2018
Endowment
The New York Bobby Jones Trust (the New York Trust) was dissolved, and assets of the trust were donated to the Bobby Jones Program Endowment at Emory University (the Emory Endowment) - 2020
Scholarship Paused
The scholarship was suspended for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the scholars selected during the 2019-2020 application cycle started their Jones year in the fall of 2021 - 2021
St Andrews Advisory Committee
The University of St Andrews created the Robert T. Jones Memorial Trust Scholarship Advisory Committee - 2027
50 Years
The 50th Anniversary and Reunion Celebration will be commemorated in Atlanta