Videotaped oral history interview with J. Erik Jonsson. A notable mayor in the years following the assassination (1964 - 1971), Mr. Jonsson was a long-time community leader who is credited with guiding the city through that traumatic period by establishing the Goals for Dallas program and other civic improvement projects. He was a co-founder of Texas Instruments and was involved in the planning and opening of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in 1973. As president of the Dallas Citizens Council in 1963, he met the presidential party at Love Field. Later that afternoon, Jonsson made the official announcement to the crowd at the Dallas Trade Mart that the president had been shot. He also traveled to Washington as one of several Dallas representatives to attend President Kennedy's funeral. Mr. Jonsson recorded three videotaped oral history interviews in 1992.Interviews conducted at Mr. Jonsson's home between June 30, 1992 and November 10, 1992 by Wes Wise with Bob Porter. The interviews are a total of four hours and five minutes long.