BATH
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Hyde alumnus Stuart Jones will be inducted into the Hyde Alumni Hall of Honor at a ceremony taking place at the Hyde School Mansion on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Stuart Jones, a 1978 graduate, was one of the six 2016 inductees.
In 2014, Stuart Jones was sworn in as Ambassador to Iraq by U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry following confirmation. Stuart had previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Hailing from suburban Philadelphia, Jones arrived at Hyde in the summer of 1975.
In a news release, Hyde School praised Jones has “(a)n outstanding student (who) challenged himself in a wide variety of endeavors.”
“In addition to captaining a strong wrestling team, he also established himself in journalism, student governance, and in the performing arts, portraying a memorable John Wayne in the 1978 America’s Spirit production,” the school states.
Jones graduated with Leadership Honors and the L. Robert Porteous Community Service Award.
Following Hyde, Jones went on to receive his B.A. from Duke University and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania
Jones has had a nearly-30 year State Department career that has found him in many parts of the globe including El Salvador, Colombia, Somalia, Turkey and Egypt. As staff aide to Madeline Albright and in the State Department’s Executive Secretariat, he visited more than 70 countries. He has also worked in Washington and at the U. S. Mission to the United Nations.
Jones and his wife Barbara are the parents of three children.
The Alumni Hall of Honor was established in 2016 as part of Hyde’s 50th Anniversary Celebration.
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