Eugene E. Jones Jr.

CTL-E-4877 · Person · businessperson · contemporary

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Housing Authority. Appeared at City Club of Chicago program 'Eugene Jones — CEO, Chicago Housing Authority' (2016-06-13).

The record

Also known as: Eugene Jones

Notes

BCCVA Source Collection 001 (City Club of Chicago) seed record. Role at time of speech: Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Housing Authority. Civic lenses: 05 Housing & Neighborhood Development. Programs: Eugene Jones — CEO, Chicago Housing Authority (2016-06-13); Eugene E. Jones, Jr. (2019-03-20). Identity verification: "I was the first American, the first African American, to run the largest housing authority in Canada." — Westside Future Fund (interview with Eugene Jones, Jr., self-identification). Research status: seed-verified. Last verified: 2026-10-06.

Relationships

City Club of Chicago: Eugene E. Jones, Jr. — related to
Appeared at City Club of Chicago program "Eugene E. Jones, Jr." (2019-03-20). Role at time: CEO, Chicago Housing Authority (headliner).
City Club of Chicago: Eugene Jones — CEO, Chicago Housing Authority — related to
Appeared at City Club of Chicago program "Eugene Jones — CEO, Chicago Housing Authority" (2016-06-13). Role at time: Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Housing Authority.

Sources

Identity evidence: "I was the first American, the first African American, to run the largest housing authority in Canada." — Westside Future Fund (interview with Eugene Jones, Jr., self-identification)
City Club of Chicago program: Eugene Jones — CEO, Chicago Housing Authority (2016-06-13) — http://cityclub-chicago.org/video/1101/eugene-jones (primary source)
City Club of Chicago program: Eugene E. Jones, Jr. (2019-03-20) — https://cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/2362/eugene-e-jones-jr (primary source)

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