Dr. Jon Cozean

Jon Cozean grew up in Farmington, where he attended grade school. Between his 4th and 5th grade years, he ran a daily newspaper called the “NOODLE SOUP SCOOP”; then 5th grade through his freshman year he, had a weekly paper called the “FARMINGTON SUN”.

In high school, he was the editor for two years of the Knight Life as well as working during high school for the Farmington Press and the Farmington News.

After he graduated from High School Jon went on to Mizzou where he majored in, you guessed it – JOURNALISM. He was a member of the college’s equivalent to the Student Council his Sophomore year, and during his senior year there, he was the editor of the student newspaper called the “MAN EATER”

He was fortunate to have studied a year in Ecuador and was in the U. S. Marine Corps reserves and discharged as a Sergeant. He moved to Washington DC and received a master's degree in International Studies and Political Science from George Washington University.

After that, he went on to American University, where he got a Ph.D. in International Studies and Political Science.

During his time spent in Washington, he worked at the Washington Bureau of the New York Times and was also the author of a handbook used all across the country on Latin America.

If you haven’t figured this out yet – Jon Cozean is a news junkie from way back!

Jon’s father, Hugo, unexpectedly passed away in 1983, and Jon came back to Farmington to run the family funeral home. Upon his return, he also worked as a part-time adjunct faculty member for 15 years at MAC teaching History and Government.

He learned a lot about Farmington's History from his mother, who was a direct descendant of Sarah Barton Murphy. He gives many community presentations based on his wealth of knowledge of local history.