David Howell-Jones, 88, a self-employed writer and editor, died June 24 at his home in Washington of complications following brain surgery for injuries suffered in a fall two years ago.
The death was confirmed by his wife, Carolyn Jones.
David Howell-Jones, editor, writer
Mr. Jones came to Washington in 1975 and did editing, writing and rewriting for such clients as the Brookings Institution, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Strategic International Studies, the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, the World Bank and Washingtonian magazine. He retired 23 years ago.
David Howell-Jones was born in Houston, and he graduated from Rice University there in 1944 with a degree in English literature. He received a second bachelor’s degree, in organ and church music from New York’s Juilliard School in 1949.
At times in his life, he was an interim or associate church organist, but his primary vocation was editing. He worked at Columbia University, Columbia Records, the University of Texas Press in Austin and Vanderbilt University Press in Nashville, where he was director and editor for 15 years before moving to Washington.
From 1989 to 1993, he served in a volunteer capacity as chairman of the Washington International Competition for Piano of the Friday Morning Music Club.
Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Carolyn Walker Jones of Washington; and a brother.
— Bart Barnes
