A native of Camden, N.J., Jones had taught at Cornell since 1961. He was director of the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research/Program in Urban and Regional Studies and initiated the Historic Preservation Planning program. He also chaired the Department of Policy Planning and Regional Analysis and directed the Center for Housing and Environmental Studies.
Jones took great interest in the work of his students. His role as a mentor was of great importance to him, and he met with students at all hours of the day -- and night -- to answer their questions. Often, when making an appointment with Jones, students would ask whether the meeting was set for a.m. or p.m. Jones is especially noted for his special attention to doctoral candidates in planning: He supervised almost 100 dissertations.
In recognition of Jones' support for his students, the Barclay G. Jones Endowment for Planning Programs was established in 1992 by Cornell trustee Thomas W. Jones, BA '68, MRP '72, president and chief operating officer of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF).
Until his death, Jones was a member of the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he was responsible for the center's program in disaster research and planning. He was a leading expert on the social and economic consequences of earthquakes and on earthquake damage prevention. He wrote and edited scores of books and papers on the subject, including Protecting Historic Architecture and Museum Collections From Natural Disasters (1986) and "Protecting Historic Structures from Hurricane and Earthquake Hazards" (1990).
Jones was named the 1990 Distinguished Planning Educator by the American Collegiate Schools of Planning and received the National Parks Service's 1988 Public Service Award. In 1986 he was named a Fellow of the U.S. International Council on Monuments and Sites.
He earned bachelor's degrees in art (1948) and architecture (1951) from the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in regional planning (1955) and a doctorate in economics (1961) from the University of North Carolina.
He is survived by a son, Barclay Jones III, of Locust Valley, N.Y., a daughter, Louise, of Columbus, Ohio, and three grandchildren. His wife, Anne Tompkins Jones, died in 1994.
A memorial service June 3 at St. John's Episcopal Church, Ithaca, honored Adrian M. Srb, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Genetics Emeritus, who died May 24 at his home in Ithaca. He was 80.
A specialist in developmental genetics, Srb joined the Cornell faculty in 1947 as an associate professor of plant breeding and was named an emeritus professor in 1983, retiring in 1985.
"Adrian Srb was a living link between the era of Barbara McClintock [the former student, instructor and researcher who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine] and modern genetics at Cornell," said Thomas Eisner, a friend and colleague and the Schurman Professor of Biology. Peter Bruns, director of the Division of Biological Sciences and professor of genetics, credited Srb with leading the movement in the mid-1960s to affiliate the university's life sciences-related faculty members to the then-new Division of Biological Sciences, which includes the Section of Genetics and Development. A professor of plant breeding, Srb was named professor of genetics in 1965.
Srb was born in Howells, Neb., and earned a B.A. in English literature and an M.A. in agronomy from the University of Nebraska. He earned his Ph.D. in biology at Stanford University, where he taught until 1947 and worked on the Stanford Penicillin Project.
At Cornell, Srb received the Edgerton Teaching Award and the Professor of Merit Award, and he served as a faculty trustee on the Cornell Board of Trustees. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1961 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1968. A recipient of Guggenheim, Fulbright and NIH fellowships, Srb studied at the universities of Paris and Edinburgh and was named an Honorary Foreign Fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. The University of Nebraska awarded him an honorary doctor of science degree in 1969.
In addition to more than 80 scientific articles, Srb wrote or co-authored several well-received texts and monographs. His text General Genetics was used in more than 100 American colleges and universities and was translated for Japanese, Spanish and Polish editions.
Srb is survived by his wife, Jozetta Helfrich Srb, and son Jerome V. Srb, both of Ithaca; a daughter, Rosalind Mayberry, of Grand Haven, Minn.; and a granddaughter.
Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to Cornell Plantations, the Johnson Museum of Art or to Loaves and Fishes at St. John's Episcopal Church in Ithaca.