I grew up in Claremont, California, and went to high school at Webb School of California. Then I went to Pomona College as a pre-med major and got my medical degree at UCLA Medical Center followed by a medical internship at Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Returning to California, I took my internal medicine residency at Memorial Hospital of Long Beach. When I first came here as an "internist" they thought I was merely an "intern." My initials are "M.R." (for Milton Randle) so they thought I was Mr. Jones, M.D. I made a hit making house calls in a Model A Ford and became accepted in the community. Continued...
aboutben
I'm known as "Badwater Mayor" Ben Jones and my wife is known as "First Lady" Denise Jones. We have both completed the Hi-Tec Whitney Races several times. In addition, we have hosted training clinics over Memorial and July Fourth weekends over the years.
Take a gander at either my bio or our photo stream, or even my own article, Best Life.
ben jones: a biographical sketch
best life
In 1963, fresh from a 3-year medical residency, 30-year old Ben Jones hiked to the summit of Mount Baldy and, looking out over the smog engulfing Los Angeles, tried to envision his future in the booming city below.
"It was around the Cuban Missile Crisis, just before the Watts riots," he recalls. "I wanted out of that commotion. I didn't want to breathe pollution for over 30 years as a city doctor. I decided then, on Baldy, I wanted to be a frontier doctor—like my father."
christmas 2008 newsletter
Greetings from the Eastern Sierra in California! We hope this Holiday Season finds you happy, healthy and prosperous! For us, life is an ongoing adventure. We feel so blessed to seek personal growth and new challenges as we face our "Golden Years"! We continue to feel blessed with good health and jobs we enjoy and a passion to learn new things! Continued...