#john lavelle

[wademartinsh0grider]

John lavelle (derby harrington) edit because tiktok keeps mutin it!!!!

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Autumn Glow

John McNairn

[downthetubes]

Second Unofficial Dr Who Omnibus available now

Terraqueous Distributors has just released their not-for-profit production, The Second Unofficial Dr Who Omnibus, with all proceeds going to charity

Terraqueous Distributors has just released their not-for-profit production, The Second Unofficial Dr Who Omnibus – Monsters from Outer Space. Available as a Print On Demand title for a limited time only, the massive collection, which runs to nearly 500 pages, includes a special story by Davros himself, Terry Molloy, written with Chris McAuley (Dark Legacies, Doctor Who and more), with an…

[quasi-normalcy]

Star Trek series rated by Canadianness!

The Original Series - Shatner's from Montreal; Doohan's from Vancouver; John Collicos (the guy who played Kor, the first Klingon) is from somewhere in Canada; and, um...yeah. 4/10

The Next Generation - So, in the episode "Lower Decks", Lavelle tries to bond with Riker over being from Canada (he's actually from Alaska). Also, Matt Frewer and Saul Rubinek are in episodes. 2/10

Deep Space Nine - I was going to rate this one pretty low since it has pretty much only Nicole deBoer and that one scene where Eddington mentions having a "lucky loonie" to go on, but then I realised that the series was literally premised on a brutal colonial project aimed at mineral extraction, and that's like...the *most* Canadian thing. 7/10

Voyager - WTH is this? No Canadians; nothing particularly Canadian. 0/10

Enterprise - Hoshi Sato wants to take leave in Canada after getting tortured with heat. 1/10

Discovery - Points for being filmed in Canada, and most of the extras and personality-less bridge bunnies being played by Canadians (though points off because the one Discovery novel that I've read keeps emphasizing that Detmer, who has the most personality out of all of them, is from Düsseldorf). Callum Keith Rennie's in the last season. 4/10

Picard - um...Alison Pill is there! 1/10

Lower Decks - Let's see...two of the ships have been named the Vancouver and the Toronto. The plot with Barb Brinson is riffing on having an imaginary girlfriend in Canada (one of our most famous exports). Also, I know this isn't canon, but the comics are done by Ryan North, which has to count for something. 4/10

Prodigy - Man, this series doesn't even air in Canada! -1/10

Strange New Worlds - Filmed in Toronto: actually *set* in Toronto in one episode; retroactively makes Khan Canadian (Khanadian?) which...sure. I'll accept that. Points for casting Edmonton's Bruce Horak as Hemmer, who comes from an ice planet and, as an Aenar, has a generally laid-back, pacifistic attitude towards life (which I think is how a lot of Canadians like to think of themselves); points off for killing him off 9 episodes into the first season. 9/10

[fandom]

Athletes

Everyone on this list is good at two-legged sports except for #30.

Mason Mount +19

Christen Press +1

Yuzuru Hanyu +32

Tobin Heath +2

Sidney Crosby +16

Roger Federer

Serena Williams

Ben Chilwell +9

Leah Williamson +25

Shoma Uno

Matthew Tkachuk

Evgeni Malkin

Rafael Nadal

Apayauq Reitan

Sam Kerr

Leon Goretzka +31

Kristie Mewis +9

Cristiano Ronaldo

Nathan Chen

Ashlyn Harris +2

Vivianne Miedema

Ali Krieger -6

Tyson Jost +19

Mat Barzal -14

Michael Jordan

Jack Hughes

Tyler Seguin +3

Kobe Bryant

Lionel Messi

Rich Strike

Manuel Neuer

Mitch Marner

Kamila Valieva

John Stones

Pernille Harder -4

Yuma Kagiyama

Magdalena Eriksson +3

Tony Hawk

Quinn Hughes -6

Connor McDavid

Emily Sonnett +9

Travis Konecny-1

Trent Alexander Arnold -28

Megan Rapinoe -16

Lebron James

Jack Grealish -1

Auston Matthews -23

Donovan Carrillo

Brock Boeser -24

Rose Lavelle

The number in italics indicates how many spots a name moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded names weren’t on the list last year.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Lots of professions have their own organizations, so why not fortune tellers? Meeting aboard the SS Peter Stuyvesant at its Manhattan pier on July 30, 1936, these fortune tellers formed a National Organization. From left, seated: Topsy LaVelle, vice president; Helen A. Perota aka "Gypsy Lee;" Anna Craig, secretary; and Florence Ward. Seers standing in the background are unidentified.

Photo: John Lindsay for the AP

[thebestestbat]

top books of 2023

City of Night by John Rechy. this one was a really good novel about being gay like what else to say. recommend one with a foreward and afterward by the author bc there's good stuff there; the book itself is semi-autobiographical.

Bastard Out Of Carolina by Dorothy Allison. its a semi-autobiographical novel about child abuse and the relationship between her and her mom. i cried really hard.

Cleanness by Garth Greenwell. another semi-autobiographical one and its got good chapters about being gay and kinky.

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca. look, it was good.

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. CRIED.

The Sluts by Dennis Cooper. kind of started me on the list of books i read over the rest of the year. i read it like this the whole time: :0

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavelle. in terms of cosmic horror, one of the best recents ive read. also just a very sad story.

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt. i really liked the prose which is such a relief with a recent debut novel. and the story was really good.

Hellblazer Volume 1 by James Delano. i had to add another and like. vol 1 isnt my favorite hellblazer but its a good comic.

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. most recent read. it goes in a very different direction than what i imagined, and i like it better for it. what's better than also being gay and kink.

@twinkubus so you will see. if anyone else wants to do this pls do and tag me! i need book recs

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

There was no one, and I mean no one in the world, funnier. But he was also a good family man, a devoted father. He's never had an enemy in his life, until the end, obviously.

He met a girl on a dating site, I think it was. It was funny, because he sort of went off the radar a little bit.

I was so close to him, and I didn't see this woman until I got a phone call one morning, telling me to come down to his house, he's dead. Some woman had assaulted him with a plate and left him to bleed to death.

I couldn't believe that that actually happened to him without us seeing it. It was just unreal that we never knew what was going on in his life.

You look back and you think, "Yeah, the signs were there," but we were not educated enough to spot them signs like we are now.

Now, through the Paul Lavelle Foundation, if anyone is in trouble, we know where to point them to.

When it was set up, it was set up with the markings of to save one life, to raise awareness of signs that no one ever seen.

But to also support males who are experiencing domestic abuse or are survivors of domestic abuse.

For me, it was the darkest period of my life to date. Significant physical abuse, emotional abuse.

Probably for a good year to 18 months, I didn't know it was domestic abuse. Paul Lavelle Foundation gradually showed me that there was going to be a way out of it, there was going to be life afterwards.

They gave me a voice.

It's got me out doing things that I wouldn't have done previously.

Swimming challenges, bike challenges, running events, to a point of where we probably got nearly 200 members.

It's felt like a group of friends.

This is my group, this is my team and where I belong.

It's that magic moment when you get three or four of you together in the hub and you go, "It's not just me."

Speak out.

This is the way forward. This is what you've got to do.

You can't take the silent option.

If we'd have known it then, he'd have still been alive. Simple as that.

Paul Lavelle, 50, was attacked by his abusive partner Sarah Lewis in 2017 who then left him to bleed to death - in January 2018 she was jailed for seven and a half years

By: Beth Lindop and Alahna Kindred

Published: May 19, 2022

A man whose girlfriend used a broken dinner plate to kill him had "stayed silent" about the abuse he was suffering at home, his devastated pals have said.

Paul Lavelle, 50, was attacked by his partner Sarah Lewis with a jagged shard of a broken dinner plate during a drunken dispute at his Birkenhead home in May 2017.

Lewis left Mr Lavelle to slowly bleed to death and was jailed for seven and a half years in January 2018.

Paul's friend set up the Paul Lavelle Foundation after his death to help encourage more men to speak about their experiences of domestic abuse.

Paul Gladwell, a co-founder, told the Liverpool ECHO: “We lost our friend.

"He was a brilliant person and we wanted to keep his memory alive but also, we asked the question as to why he didn’t tell us what was going on.

"We found out later on that it wasn’t an isolated incident, so we started wanting to raise awareness and getting men to speak out about being abused.

"Eventually we set up a service where we’re helping men come out and speak about their problems and supporting them through court cases.

"We’re helping men not to choose the silent option, which is what Paul chose."

The foundation provides many vital services including Healthy Relationship Education workshops in schools and community sports and well-being groups.

In August 2019, members of the foundation cycled from Lands End to John O’Groats.

Their next challenge will see them ride from Oxton to The Battlefields of the Somme in France.

The plan is to cycle the 440-mile route over four days, with the money raised being split between the foundation and Alder Hey children’s hospital. And Paul believes that his late friend would be delighted to know that so much good is being done on his behalf.

He added: “Paul would be really made up. So much of what we do is doing wonders for so many people in Paul’s name. There could be no better tribute to him.

“One in three victims of domestic abuse are men and I don’t think many people know that. We didn’t ourselves until it was on our doorsteps.”

Paul previously told the ECHO how he met his friend in 1988 when he was 19 and they had gone on holidays to Spain together as well as Everton matches.

He said: "He was comedy gold and a very good mate who would always be there for you if you needed it.

"He met his partner on online dating - it was Plentyoffish.com but while he was with her I think I must've seen him twice."

He added that Mr Lavelle started to distance himself from the group.

He said: "He did use to go to the game - and then that stopped. He stopped going for a pint on a Sunday afternoon.

"He didn't turn up to a wedding a couple of months previously. We used to text him and he wouldn't get back to us.

"The night that it happened he should've been at a 40th party to which he was invited to."

He added: "And now you look back after it happened all of his friends had heard little things and when you put it all together - nobody knew."

[madamshogunassassin]

Acrobatic tap dancer Miriam LaVelle

SEVEN DAYS ASHORE (John H. Auer, 1944).

[voskhozhdeniye]

Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden… is the latest instalment in composer, improviser, saxophonist, bandleader and visual artist Matana Roberts’ visionary project exploring African-American history through ancestry, archive and place. Weaving together elements of jazz, avant-garde composition, folk and spoken word, Roberts tells the story of a woman in their ancestral line, who died following complications from an illegal abortion. At a time when reproductive rights are under attack, her story takes on new resonance. “I wanted to talk about this issue, but in a way where she gets some sense of liberation,” Roberts explains. By unpacking family stories and conducting extensive research in US public archives, Roberts has created a rounded portrait of a woman who is, as their lyrics put it, “electric, alive, spirited, fire and free.” Each part of Coin Coin explores radically different musical settings, from the free jazz and post-rock eruptions of Chapter One to the solo noise collage of Chapter Three. Featuring a new ensemble steeped in jazz, improvisation, new music and avant-rock, helping to expand the project’s existing sonic palette, Chapter Five is no exception. Roberts is joined by fellow alto saxophonist Darius Jones, violinist Mazz Swift (Silkroad Ensemble, D’Angelo), bass clarinettist Stuart Bogie (TV On The Radio, Antibalas), alto clarinettist Matt Lavelle (Eye Contact, Sumari), pianist Cory Smythe (Ingrid Laubrock, Anthony Braxton), vocalist/actor Gitanjali Jain and percussionists Ryan Sawyer (Thurston Moore, Nate Wooley) and Mike Pride (Pulverize The Sound, MDC). The late, great trumpeter jaimie branch, who was due to play on the album, receives a credit for “courage”. The album is produced by TV On The Radio’s Kyp Malone, who also contributes synths. As a composer, Roberts draws upon strategies associated with the post-war avant-garde, including John Cage and Fluxus member Benjamin Patterson’s conceptual approaches to scoring and performance. The immersive work of Maryanne Amacher, in which “sound and the body almost collaborate” is another key influence. “That is the foundation for me of the Coin Coin work,” they explain. “It’s not just the alto saxophone as an instrument placed in the jazz canon, it's the alto saxophone as an instrument that can be utilised to affect the body.” Listeners will be struck by Roberts’ ability to mould diverse sounds into a cohesive whole. The spoken word passages are accompanied by driving modal jazz on “how prophetic”, minimalist synth loops on “enthralled not by her curious blend” and cantering folk forms on “(a)way is not an option”. These are interspersed with instrumental pieces that range from avant-garde abstraction and squalling free jazz, to solo saxophone reflections and Mississippi fife and drums blues. There’s a further evocation of American roots music in the powerful group vocal arrangement of “but I never heard a sound so long”, adapted by Roberts from the plantation lullaby “All The Pretty Horses.” While this new chapter of Coin Coin focusses on a female-identified protagonist, others haven’t (Chapter Three being from the perspective of a male ancestor) and Roberts intends for future chapters to continue to cover the breadth of the gender spectrum, as well as their Native American heritage. “I'm proud that people say that the Coin Coin work speaks of a woman's story. But I want to make sure that it retains its inclusivity, because what we look like is not always what you see.” This reflects Roberts’ own experiences as a queer person of colour. For the remaining chapters of Coin Coin, Roberts will continue exploring identity and ancestry. “Expect it to keep heading towards a liberation of the human spirit.”  

[itsallhoney]

My favorite album releases from November 2023.

titles + spotify links below

The Great Overgrowth by SUDS (emo)

Say It Back by Rebecca Ryskalczyk (alt pop)

Diagnosis by Sen Morimoto (jazz pop)

SUCKER by IAN SWEET (indie pop)

Something Came to Me by Sol ChYld (rap)

Noise Beyond the Mantle: A Mixtape by Molly O'Malley (indie rock)

Songs for the Canyon by John Vincent III (folk)

GROG by Frog (indie rock)

New Blue Sun by André 3000 (experimental / ambient)

Life Lessons by Wyatt Flores (country)

Long is the Tunnel by Daneshevskaya (indie folk)

Big Dreams by Rachael Lavelle (art pop)

phoneswithBen by phoneswithchords & Ben Sooy (indie folk)

So Much Brooding by Manor Gates (emo)

Homes in Humans by Enny Owl (indie folk)

Hotbox Daydreams by Teenage Tom Petties (indie rock)

Unbecoming by Vyva Melinkolya (shoegaze)

Blanket by Kevin Abstract (indie rock)

Jolie Laide by Jolie Laide (folk)

Dark Dark Blue by Ava Mirzadegan (folk)

[halcyon-skiess]

🎶✨when you get this, put 5 songs you actually listen to, then publish. Send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨

(No pressure!!!!)

Uhhh songs okay (I have no idea what you mean by “actually listen to” so I’m just gonna do songs that I love for no good reason)

Fighter - Jack Stauber’s Micropop

Old Friend - Mitski

Gone Fishing - Ghost and Pals

Bored Like Me (Demo) - Dodie

Down With The Humans - John Lavelle (Kipo Soundtrack)

[jjsmaybank20]

Who I Write For

Romantic:

Marvel: Wanda Maximoff, Natasha Romanoff, Kate Bishop, Yelena Belova, Maria Hill, Carol Danvers, Gwen Stacy

Scream Franchise: Sidney Prescott, Sam Carpenter, Tara Carpenter, Amber Freeman

The Sex Lives of College Girls: Leighton Murray, Whitney Chase

Celebrities: Elizabeth Olsen, Scarlett Johansson, Hailee Steinfield, Florence Pugh, Reneé Rapp, Kaylee Bryant, Sydney Sweeney, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jenna Ortega, Billie Eilish, Madelyn Cline, Phoebe Bridgers, Taylor Swift

WOSO: Alexia Putellas, Mapi León, Ingrid Engen, Aitana Bonmatí, Ona Batlle, Lucy Bronze, Leah Williamson, Alessia Russo, Vivianne Miedema, Daniëlle Van de Donk, Steph Catley, Ellie Carpenter, Katrina Gorry, Emily Sonnett, Rose Lavelle, Kelley O’Hara

Stranger Things: Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Joyce Byers

Criminal Minds: Jennifer Jareau, Emily Prentiss, Penelope Garcia

Wednesday: Wednesday Addams, Enid Sinclair

Outer Banks: Sarah Cameron, Kiara Carrera

Euphoria: Maddy Perez, Cassie Howard, Lexi Howard

Teen Wolf: Lydia Martin, Allison Argent, Kira Yukimura, Malia Tate, Cora Hale, Erica Reyes

Misc: Vada Cavell, Mia Reed, Rebecca Welton, Whisky, Marta Cabrera

Platonic ONLY:

Marvel: Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Peter Parker, The Avengers

Scream Franchise: Dewey Riley, Chad Meeks-Martin, Mindy Meeks-Martin

The Sex Lives of College Girls: Kimberly Finkle

Stranger Things: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Jonathan Byers, Jim Hopper, the Kids

Criminal Minds: Spencer Reid, Derek Morgan, David Rossi, Aaron Hotchner

Wednesday: Bianca Barclay, Yoko Tanaka, Ajax Petropolus, Eugene Ottinger

Outer Banks: John B. Routledge, JJ Maybank, Pope Heyward

Euphoria: Fezco, Rue Bennett, Jules Vaughn, Kat Hernandez, Ashtray

Teen Wolf: Scott McCall, Stiles Stilinski, Isaac Lahey, Derek Hale, Liam Dunbar

Celebrities: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, Joe Keery, Joseph Quinn, David Harbour, Dylan O’Brian

Misc: Benoit Blanc, Miles Bron

[ulkaralakbarova]

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts – in the wallet! Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Elise Elliot Atchison: Goldie Hawn Brenda Morelli Cushman: Bette Midler Annie MacDuggan Paradis: Diane Keaton Gunilla Garson Goldberg: Maggie Smith Shelly Stewart: Sarah Jessica Parker Morton Cushman: Dan Hedaya Cynthia Swann Griffin: Stockard Channing Bill Atchison: Victor Garber Aaron Paradis: Stephen Collins Phoebe LaVelle: Elizabeth Berkley Dr. Leslie Rosen: Marcia Gay Harden Duarto Feliz: Bronson Pinchot Chris Paradis: Jennifer Dundas Catherine MacDuggan: Eileen Heckart Uncle Carmine Morelli: Philip Bosco Dr. Morris Packman: Rob Reiner Gill Griffin: James Naughton Jason Cushman: Ari Greenberg Ivana Trump: Ivana Trump Kathie Lee Gifford: Kathie Lee Gifford Gloria Steinem: Gloria Steinem Elise’s Fan: Lea DeLaria Jilted Lover: Debra Monk Woman in Bed: Kate Burton Brett Artounian: Timothy Olyphant Federal Marshall: J.K. Simmons Young Brenda: Michele Brilliant Young Elise: Dina Spybey-Waters Young Annie: Adria Tennor Young Cynthia: Juliehera DeStefano Miss Sullivan: J. Smith-Cameron Eric Loest: Mark Nelson Gil’s New Wife: Heather Locklear Security Guard: Richard Council Film Crew: Producer: Scott Rudin Set Decoration: Leslie E. Rollins Second Unit Director: Jack Gill Director of Photography: Donald E. Thorin Editor: John Bloom Associate Editor: Antonia Van Drimmelen Casting: Ilene Starger Costume Design: Theoni V. Aldredge Music Supervisor: Marc Shaiman Production Design: Peter S. Larkin Associate Producer: Craig Perry Production Manager: Ezra Swerdlow Makeup Artist: Angela Levin Director: Hugh Wilson Screenplay: Robert Harling Hairstylist: Alan D’Angerio Assistant Art Director: Ed Check Art Direction: Charley Beal Choreographer: Patricia Birch Executive Producer: Adam Schroeder Camera Operator: Rob Hahn Casting Assistant: Kim Miscia Post Production Supervisor: Tod Scott Brody Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Lee Dichter Production Coordinator: Ray Angelic Sound Editor: Richard P. Cirincione Hairstylist: Frances Mathias Storyboard Artist: Brick Mason Construction Coordinator: Ron Petagna Makeup Artist: Bernadette Mazur Sound Editor: Laura Civiello Boom Operator: John Fundus Sound Mixer: Peter F. Kurland Location Manager: Joseph E. Iberti Assistant Art Director: Paul D. Kelly Negative Cutter: Noëlle Penraat Costume Supervisor: Hartsell Taylor Music Editor: Nic Ratner Special Effects Coordinator: Matt Vogel Costume Supervisor: Michael Adkins Still Photographer: Andrew D. Schwartz ADR Editor: Kenton Jakub Sound Editor: Eytan Mirsky Supervising Sound Editor: Maurice Schell Chief Lighting Technician: Jerry DeBlau Hairstylist: Werner Sherer Makeup Artist: E. Thomas Case Hairstylist: Robert Ramos Foley Editor: Bruce Kitzmeyer First Assistant Director: Michael E. Steele Script Supervisor: Shari L. Carpenter Music Editor: Nicholas Meyers Unit Publicist: Eric Myers Music Programmer: Nick Vidar Second Assistant Director: Julie A. Bloom Art Department Coordinator: Julia G. Hickman Transportation Captain: Steven R. Hammond Stunt Double: Joni Avery Transportation Co-Captain: Tom Heilig Color Timer: Tom Salvatore Cableman: Tommy Louie Co-Producer: Thomas A. Imperato Novel: Olivia Goldsmith Associate Producer: Heather Neely Associate Producer: Noah Ackerman Property Master: Octavio Molina Storyboard Artist: Lorenzo Contessa Makeup Artist: Marilyn Carbone Assistant Costume Designer: Wallace G. Lane Jr. Assistant Sound Editor: Jay Kessel Foley Editor: Stuart Stanley Movie Reviews:

[marcmarcmomarc]

Kingdom Hearts IV predictions

Zootopia (Zootopia)

Takes place during the movie.

Is visited by Sora.

Starring the voices of:

Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde

Kristen Bell as Priscilla Tripletoe

Brendan Blaber as Beaver Reporter

Jared Bush as Pronk Oryx-Antlerson

Tiana Camacho as Carrot Customer

Tommy Chong as Yax

Jesse Corti as Mr. Manchas

Madeleine Curry as Parking Ticket Hippo Daughter

Josh Dallas as Frantic Pig

John DiMaggio as Jerry Jumbeaux Jr., Jesse, Woolter, Parking Ticket Moose, Pig Reporter, & Sheep Officer

Idris Elba as Chief Bogo

Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy Hopps

Byron Howard as Bucky Oryx-Antlerson

Bonnie Hunt as Bonnie Hopps & Oryx Reporter

Phil Johnston as Gideon Grey

Cissy Jones as Officer Francine

Zach King as Muzzled Wolf

Don Lake as Stu Hopps

Maurice LaMarche as Mr. Big

Leah Latham as Fru Fru

John Lavelle as Mouse Foreman

Katie Lowes as Dr. Madge Honey Badger

Peter Mansbridge as Peter Moosebridge

Rich Moore as Doug & Larry

Raymond S. Persi as Flash Slothmore & Officer Higgins

Fabienne Rawley as Fabienne Growley & Jumbeaux Café Customer

Gita Reddy as Nangi

Kevin Michael Richardson as Finnick

Shakira as Gazelle

Melissa Goodwin Shepard as Parking Ticket Mouse

J.K. Simmons as Theodore Lionheart

Kath Soucie as Young Nick

Jenny Slate as Dawn Bellwether

Mark “Rhino” Smith as Officer McHorn

Octavia Spencer as Mrs. Otterton

Jackson Stein as Junior Ranger Scout Bully

Kaiji Tang as Sheep Reporter

J. Michael Tatum as Pig Peace Rally Protester

Jen Taylor as Leopard Peace Rally Protester

David Thibodeau as Gary

Nate Torrence as Benjamin Clawhauser

Alan Tudyk as Duke Weaselton

Selah Victor as Rabbit Reporter

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[lboogie1906]

Ambassador William B. Jones (May 2, 1928 - May 20, 2021) as the Ambassador to Haiti. Born to Bill and LaVelle Jones in Los Angeles.

He graduated from UCLA with an AB in Political Science with a History minor. He studied abroad on a scholarship at University College in Southampton, England. He graduated USC School of Law with a JD.

He practiced law in Los Angeles (1953-62). He joined the US Foreign Service (1962). He worked for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs as Chief of West Coast and Mali Programs. He was Deputy Director of the Office of African Programs (1964-67) and from 1967 to 1969, Director of Programs Evaluation and Analysis Staff (1967-69). He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (1969-1973).

His first overseas assignment came (1973-77) when he was stationed at the Embassy in Paris, serving as the US Permanent Representative to the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. He served as Ambassador to Haiti (1977-80).

He was the Diplomat in Residence at Hampton University (1980-81). He returned to the State Department within the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1981-82). He applied his legal skills to the development of the 1982 Law of the Sea Treaty. He was the Ambassador in Residence at the University of Virginia (1983-84).

He left the Foreign Service in 1984. He went to work for Congressman George Crockett of Michigan. He was Crockett’s Staff Director with the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee. From 1988 to 1989, Jones practiced law in DC (1988-89). He was a Visiting Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Foundation of Princeton. He served as Ambassador in Residence and the Johns Professor of Political Science at Hampden-Sydney College (1993-2007) and as Distinguished Visiting Professor at Pepperdine University (1993-2004).

He was a member of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, and he was married to Joanne Jones. They have three children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #sigmapiphi