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Boisfeuillet (Bo) Jones, Jr. is publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post.

Early life

Born in Atlanta in 1946, Jones went to high school at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. and later received an A.B. in 1968 from Harvard College, where he was president of the Harvard Crimson. He attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and received a Ph.D. in Modern History. He received his J.D. in 1974 from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Early career

Prior to joining The Post, Jones was an attorney with Hill & Barlow in Boston from 1975 to 1980, and was law clerk for the Honorable Levin H. Campbell, U.S. Court of Appeals for First Circuit, from 1974 to 1975.

The Post

Jones joined The Post in 1980 as vice president and counsel. In 1995, he became president and general manager of The Post, assuming responsibility for the business side of the newspaper. In January 2000, he was named associate publisher, assuming responsibility of The Post on a day-to-day basis. In September 2000 he assumed his present responsibilities.

He is a director of the Associated Press, the Newspaper Association of America, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, and the Federal City Council.

Emory

The admissions building at Emory University is named after Boisfeuillet Jones Sr.

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