Euine Fay Jones was born January 31, 1921 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, became one of Arkansas' most celebrated architects. Jones achieved the highest honor awarded to American Architects, the AIA Gold Medal. Jones enrolled in the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1938. At that time, the only architecture classes offered were in the engineering department. For two and a half years, Jones studied civil engineering. His academic career was interrupted by World War II and a stint in the Navy. He returned to the University of Arkansas in 1946 to enroll in the new architecture program and graduated in 1950. Several of Jones's buildings in Arkansas are on the National Register of Historic Places including the Applegate House and Cooper Chapel in Benton County, Thorncrown Chapel, the Shaheen/Goodfellow Weekend House in Cleburne County, the Edmondson House in St. Francis County, and the Hantz House and Fay Jones House in Washington County. The School of Architecture + Design at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville bears his name. Jones served as a faculty member and as the first Dean of the School of Architecture. Fay Jones died at his home in Fayetteville on August 30, 2004.