Fork Union Military Academy will welcome Jeffrey J. Jones, II as the commencement speaker for the Class of 2019 at the graduation ceremony on May 25, 2019 at 10:30 AM.
Jones is a graduate of Fork Union Military Academy's PG Class of 1986 and currently serves as the President and CEO of H & R Block, the tax preparation company with 12,000 retail locations nationwide.
Named "One of the World's Most Influential CMO's" by Forbes and "One to Watch" by the Wall Street Journal, among other honors, Jeff Jones has held executive positions in marketing and executive leadership in companies as diverse as Uber, Target, Coca Cola, Gap, and Leo Burnett since graduating from the University of Dayton in 1990.
Jones proudly acknowledges his education at Fork Union Military Academy in his official biography on the H&R Block website.
In an interview published in the Parkersburg News Sentinal, his hometown, Jeff Jones speaks of his time at Fork Union Military Academy as the place where he learned the importance of discipline and being a good student. He told the interviewer that the Academy "set me up for success."
Graduation day on May 25, 2019 for Fork Union Military Academy's Class of 2019 will start on campus with a baccalaureate service in Wicker Chapel at 9:00 AM. The graduation ceremony will follow in the stadium at 10:30 AM.
