Ruby Johnson Jones (1912-1976)
Assistant Professor of Education (1961-1973), she was the first African American Professor in West Chester’s history.
Ruby Johnson Jones was born in Evergreen, Alabama in 1912 to Elizabeth and Rufus Johnson. She graduated from Langley High School in Pittsburgh in 1928. She earned her bachelor’s degree from West Chester University in 1940 and a master’s of education degree from Temple University. She joined the West Chester State College faculty in 1961 as a teacher in the 
campus’ Demonstration School, an elementary school for local West Chester students on the college’s campus. Jones became an Assistant Professor of Education and supervisor of Student Teachers in 1968. She retired in 1973.
Ruby Jones passed away in the summer of 1976. After her passing, the former Demonstration School Building was formally dedicated Ruby Jones Hall in the fall of 1977.
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