Background
Levingston, Jon Stuart was born on January 19, 1958 in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States. Son of Douglas Arnold and Barbara Ann (Topol) Levingston.
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Jon Stuart Levingston
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Bachelor of Fine Arts cum laude, University Georgia, 1978.
Career
Manager Olden Camera and Lens Company, New York City, 1981-1982. Sales manager Storehouse, Inc., Atlanta, 1982-1983. Executive vice president Levingston Furniture Company, Clarksdale and Cleveland, Mississippi, 1983-1989, president Cleveland and Clarksdale, since 1989.
Managing partner Levingston Brothers, Clarksdale, since 1985, Levingston Investments, Clarksdale, since 1986. Board directors Radio Cleveland Corporation.
Achievements
Membership
Founder Jon and Bruce Levingston Continuing Fund Humanities, 1985. Developer Larry Thompson Center Fine Arts, Clarksdale, 1985. Executive board Mississippi Arts Commission, Jackson, 1985-1990, vice chairman, chairman 1988-1990.
Executive board Delta Area council Boy Scouts American, 1984. Board directors Leadership Mississippi Alumni Association, Jackson, 1986-1988, Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, 1988-1990. President and founder Mississippi Delta Arts Council, 1984-1987.
Co-chairman Coahoma County Communications to Elect Ray Mabus Governor, 1987, Gov's Awards in the arts, 1988. Representative Mississippi Development Bank Board, 1988-1991. Governors speakers Bureau on Educational Reform 1989-1990.
Board directors Coahoma County Industrial Foundation, since 1989, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Mississippi State Personnel Board, since 1991. Chairman, Mississippi Democratic Party, since 2000. Member National Home Furnishings Association, Coahoma County Chamber of Chamber (board directors 1985-1988), Phi Eta Sigma.
Clubs: Clarksdale Country. Lodges: Rotary (board directors Clarksdale chapter 1985-1986).
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Awards
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Recipient Outstanding Achievement award Film Office Mississippi Department Economic Development, Jackson, 1986, Outstanding Achievement award Leadership Mississippi, Jackson, 1985. Named Outstanding Young Men of America, 1985, 86.Recipient Outstanding Achievement award Film Office Mississippi Department Economic Development, Jackson, 1986, Outstanding Achievement award Leadership Mississippi, Jackson, 1985. Named Outstanding Young Men of America, 1985, 86.