Hugh Richard Jones

Background

Jones, Hugh Richard was born on March 6, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hugh Richard and Jean (McMillen) Jones.

Education

Amherst College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1960). London, School of Economics, London, England. Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1964).

Phi Beta Kappa.

Fulbright Scholar. Member, Steering Committee, Boston Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, since 1972. Vice Chairman, 1980-1984.

Chairman, 1984-1988. Trustee, National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, since 1983.

Member, Advisory Committee on Public Charities, Massachusetts Attorney General, since 1988. Member, Boston Bar Association Council, since 1989.

Member, Boston Bar Association Executive Committee, since 1989. Director, Massachusetts Half-Way Houses, Incorporated., since 1968.

Director, Justice Resource Institute, Incorporated., since 1972.

Member, Governor's Advisory Committee on Corrections, 1974-1979.

Career

Associate, Hale & Dorr, Boston, 1964-1970; junior partner, Hale & Dorr, Boston, 1970-1974; senior partner, Hale & Dorr, Boston, since 1974; member Executive Committee, Hale & Dorr, Boston, 1980-1982, 89-91. Board directors Justice Resource Institute, Inc., Boston.

Achievements

• Hugh Richard Jones has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Massachusetts Governor's Advisory Committee on Corrections, Boston, 1974-1979. Chairman professional division United Way Massachusetts Bay, Boston, 1980. Trustee Belmont (Massachusetts) Hill School, 1987-1993, The Art Complex, Inc., Duxbury, Massachusetts, since 1977, Human Leucocyte Antigens Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Boston, since 1979, National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Washington, since 1983.

Board directors Massachusetts Half-Way Houses, Inc., Boston, 1968-1993. Member Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Public Charities, since 1988. Member Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Boston, since 1972, chairman, 1984-1988, vice chairman,1980-1983.

Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member Boston Bar Association (chairman non-profit legis.task force 1987-1989, task force on justice 1990-1991, county, executive com.1987-1992, long-range planning committee 1992, vice president since 1993, chairman drafting committee for 1990 amendments 1989), Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, skiing, fishing.

Connections

Married Sara Jane Clift, August 31, 1963. Children: Hugh Richard III, Allison P., C. Clift, Daniel G.

Father:

Hugh Richard Jones

Mother:

Jean (McMillen) Jones

Spouse:

Sara Jane Clift

child:

Allison P. Jones

child:

Daniel G. Jones

child:

Hugh Richard III Jones

child:

C. Clift Jones