Robert Jones has been at the helm for nine years. He is the first African American chancellor for the university.

Mary L. Jones, 67, Reading, died of natural causes Sept. 26, 2006, in Reading Hospital. She was the wife of the Rev. Robert Jones, pastor of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Reading.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Robert Jones, the school’s first Black chancellor, will step down at ...