Jones, Thomas Orton.

Thomas Orton Jones (1916-2004) served in the U.S. Army's Manhattan Engineering District during World War II as chief intelligence officer at the Los Alamos Laboratory under J. Robert Oppenheimer. In 1946, he joined the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission where he continued to work until his retirement in 1970.

Jones had personal passion for Gilbert and Sullivan operas, performing in productions himself, along with a research interest in Gilbert and Sullivan and links of their work to Oscar Wilde and James Whistler.

From the guide to the Thomas Orton Jones papers relating to Gilbert and Sullivan, 1935-2004., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)