William Penn Jones, Jr. (October 15, 1914 January 25, 1998) was a man with a varied background: as a hobo during the depression, a University of Texas at Austin student, an officer in the United States Army during World War II, a newspaper owner (the Midlothian Mirror of Midlothian, Texas) and recipient of the Elijah P. Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism. He became best known for his research into the John F. Kennedy assassination with his series of books Forgive My Grief. Penn was one of the first generation of researchers who felt the government was behind the assassination - probably a conspiracy involving military intelligence.