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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Delwin Leoland Jones
|name=Delwin Leoland Jones
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In his lengthy career, Jones wrote the legislation that created the Buffalo Lakes Water District, the University Medical Center (a teaching hospital), the Texas Tech Medical School, the Criminal District Attorney's Office for Lubbock County, the 137th District Court in Lubbock County, and the Seed Breeders Rights legislation that gave [[patent]]-type protection for seed developers. He authored the legislation that sets the legal standards for [[egg]]s and fruit sold in the state. He sponsored the law which requires that garbage be sterilized or heat-treated before it is fed to farm animals. He authored a state constitutional amendment to prevent excess tax increases on agricultural land. He was the author of the Texas Disabilities Act that requires all public buildings in Texas be accessible for the physically handicapped. He was designated "Farmer of the Year in Texas". He authored the bill that changed the name of Texas Technological College to Texas Tech University, effective September 1969.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=delwin-l-jones&pid=189715303|title=Delwin L. Jones obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche Journal''|date=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
In his lengthy career, Jones wrote the legislation that created the Buffalo Lakes Water District, the University Medical Center (a teaching hospital), the Texas Tech Medical School, the Criminal District Attorney's Office for Lubbock County, the 137th District Court in Lubbock County, and the Seed Breeders Rights legislation that gave [[patent]]-type protection for seed developers. He authored the legislation that sets the legal standards for [[egg]]s and fruit sold in the state. He sponsored the law which requires that garbage be sterilized or heat-treated before it is fed to farm animals. He authored a state constitutional amendment to prevent excess tax increases on agricultural land. He was the author of the Texas Disabilities Act that requires all public buildings in Texas be accessible for the physically handicapped. He was designated "Farmer of the Year in Texas". He authored the bill that changed the name of Texas Technological College to Texas Tech University, effective September 1969.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=delwin-l-jones&pid=189715303|title=Delwin L. Jones obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche Journal''|date=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
In 2015, Jones received the George Mahon Award, named for Democratic former U.S. Representative George Mahon, from the Lubbock Professional Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications.<ref name=deathofjones>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20180725/longtime-texas-legislator-delwin-jones-of-lubbock-dies-at-94|title=Longtime Texas legislator Delwin Jones of Lubbock dies at 94|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=July 25, 2018}}</ref>
In 2015, Jones received from the Lubbock chapter of the Association for Women n Communications the "George Mahon Award", named for Democratic former U.S. Representative George Herman Mahon (1900-1985) of Lubbock.<ref name=deathofjones>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20180725/longtime-texas-legislator-delwin-jones-of-lubbock-dies-at-94|title=Longtime Texas legislator Delwin Jones of Lubbock dies at 94|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=July 25, 2018}}</ref>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==