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Commencement Speaker for the Class of 2019 at Fork Union Military Academy to be Jeffrey J. Jones, II (PG Class of 1986) and current CEO of H & R Block, Inc.


FORK UNION, Va., May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 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, Jones' hometown, he 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.

Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginia, is a college preparatory, Christian, military boarding school for young men in Grades 7 through 12 and postgraduates. Affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia and open to those of all religious denominations, Fork Union was founded in 1898 and has a rich tradition promoting character, leadership, and scholarship.

 

SOURCE Fork Union Military Academy


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