Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1930, July 22 | Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1951 | B.A., communications, Stanford University |
| 1953 | Married Barbara L. Selby (divorced 1961) |
| 1953-1955 | Private, United States Army, Public Information Office |
| 1955 | M.A., international affairs, Columbia University |
| 1955-1959 | Member, Board of Directors, American Committee on Africa |
| 1956-1957 | Executive secretary, American Friends of Vietnam |
| 1958-1961 | Vice president, Harold L. Oram, Inc. |
| 1959-1961 | Executive secretary, American Medical Center for Burma, New York, N.Y. |
| 1962-1996 | Founder and president, Gilbert Jonas Company |
| 1964 | Married Paulette Joyce Theise |
| 1965-1995 | Development counsel, NAACP |
| 1967 | Assisted Charles Evers in establishing the Medgar Evers Fund |
| 1967-1969 | Fundraising consultant, Roger Baldwin Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union |
| 1967-1971 | Fundraising consultant, Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality |
| 1971 | Coordinator, Charles Evers for Governor of Mississippi |
| 1996-1997 | Fundraising consultant, International Civil Rights Center & Museum, Greensboro, N.C. |
| 1998-2002 | Member, Board of Directors, Harlem Youth Development Foundation |
| 2001-2004 | Chair and member, Board of Directors, World Federalist Association, Greater Metro New York Chapter |
| 2006, Sept. 21 | Died, New York, N.Y. |