Lyle Vincent Jones (March 11, 1924 – April 13, 2016) was an American psychologist known for his pioneering work in psychometrics.
[1] He continued to serve in the Air Corps until 1946, when he attended the University of Washington to complete his bachelor's degree.
[4] For ten years (1969–79), he was also vice chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill and dean of the graduate school there.
[6] Jones died on April 13, 2016, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at the age of 92.
[4] In his honor, UNC-Chapel Hill established the Lyle V. Jones Award, which it awards every year to a graduate student in the L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory "who epitomizes both academic excellence and community engagement within the lab.