Broadcaster, activist shattered barriers

CHAMPAIGN – At a time when institutions were anything but "accessible" to people in wheelchairs, Tom Jones played basketball, visited Africa, earned two University of Illinois degrees and met his wife here, became one of the areas's first sportscasters and served as a top UI administrator.

Mr. Jones wasn't wheelchair-bound, he told people, he just happened to be in a wheelchair.

"I don't know of anything there ever was that he didn't do," says mentor and UI Rehabilitation Institute founder Tim Nugent.

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