Ian was the first ever high school student to work on the line at a Cameron Mitchell Restaurant – Martini’s. This work experience, together with the encouragement given to Ian to pursue his culinary dream, had a profound positive influence on Ian. This scholarship is awarded each year by Ian’s parents (a.) to show their appreciation for the opportunity and support given to their son by Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, and (b.) to recognize the contributions of Cameron Mitchell to the Columbus community in general, and to the restaurant industry in particular.

This scholarship was established to provide financial support to graduating seniors of Green High School in Franklin Furnace, Ohio; Piketon High School in Piketon, Ohio; Waverly High School in Waverly, Ohio; or Southeastern High School in Chillicothe, Ohio.

The fund was established in memory of Dumont M. Jones’ father, mother, and brother, respectively. Dumont L. Jones, a WWII veteran, was chief engineer and co-owner of Fiberesin Inc. in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin and died in 2005 at 82; Julia B. Jones was a school nurse and GED course instructor in Oconomowoc for many years prior to her death in 2010 at 80; and Philip V. Deines-Jones was an astrophysicist at NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland before he passed away in 2010 at 48. The fund provides scholarships for students majoring in engineering or computer science at Columbus State Community College. Dumont M. Jones, a software engineer, and his wife, Joan T. Muellerleile, a polymer scientist, live in Bexley, OH.