Dale Paschal Jones, a former Baylor University regent and president of Halliburton Corp. who was known as much for his devotion to Christian ministry as his business skills, has died of complications from a head injury. He was 68.

Jones, who led the multibillion-dollar oil-services corporation before Vice President Cheney took over in 1995,died Saturday at a Houston hospital.

He had struck his head while hurrying under a closing garage door after triggering an inside control, his family said. Though his injury appeared to be a minor, it caused internal bleeding that put pressure on his brain.

At the time of his death, Jones was a board member of the Baylor Health Care System, for which he served as chairman from 1998 to 2000. He had served as a Baylor University regent until May.

After serving in the Air Force, he began his business career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co. in Dallas.

In the mid-1960s, he joined Halliburton Co. as an auditor, serving the corporation in Duncan, Okla., London and Houston. His executive appointments included being president of Halliburton’s Welex division and serving on the corporation’s executive committee. In October 1987, he became executive vice president of Halliburton’s oilfield services division.

In 1989, he was named president of Halliburton, a post he held until he was replaced in 1995 by Mr. Cheney, a former defense secretary. Jones was named vice chairman of Halliburton, a position he held until he retired in 1998.