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In 1971, Stone became dean of his ''[[alma mater]],'' the Southern University Law Center. From 1972 to 1974, he was an appointed associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court during the administration of Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. On July 1, 1974, he returned to the Southern University System to serve as its fourth president, a position that he retained until 1985.<ref name=stone/> After leaving the presidency, Stone became a law professor at the center but retired in 1986. Thereafter, he was a member of the Southern Board of Supervisors from 1991 to 1995.<ref name=stone/>​

In 1971, Stone became dean of his ''[[alma mater]],'' the Southern University Law Center. From 1972 to 1974, he was an appointed associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court during the administration of Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. On July 1, 1974, he returned to the Southern University System to serve as its fourth president, a position that he retained until 1985.<ref name=stone/> After leaving the presidency, Stone became a law professor at the center but retired in 1986. Thereafter, he was a member of the Southern Board of Supervisors from 1991 to 1995.<ref name=stone/>​

Stone died in Shreveport of a long illness thirty-four days before his 77th birthday. Survivors included his wife, the former Willa Dean Anderson (born c. 1928), and a daughter, Shonda Deann Stone Williams (born March 10, 1963), a Shreveport attorney and [[judge]]. ​He is interred at Sheppard Street Cemetery, an historically black resting place across from the Webster Parish School Board office in Minden.<ref name=findagrave/>

Stone died in Shreveport of a long illness thirty-four days before his 77th birthday. Survivors included his wife, the former Willa Dean Anderson (born c. 1928), and a daughter, Shonda Deann Stone Williams (born March 10, 1963), a Shreveport attorney and [[judge]]. His pallbearers included the civil rights minister [[Hermann Farr]] of Shreveport. ​Stone is interred at Sheppard Street Cemetery, an historically black resting place across from the Webster Parish School Board office in Minden.<ref name=findagrave/>

In 1990, Stone was the first inductee of the Southern University Law Center "Hall of Fame." In 1998, a professorship was endowed in Stone's honor. The Jesse N. Stone Lecture Hall on the campus of Southern University at Shreveport is named in his honor. A video conferencing room inside Stone Hall is named for former [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], also of Shreveport.<ref name=findagrave/>

In 1990, Stone was the first inductee of the Southern University Law Center "Hall of Fame." In 1998, a professorship was endowed in Stone's honor. The Jesse N. Stone Lecture Hall on the campus of Southern University at Shreveport is named in his honor. A video conferencing room inside Stone Hall is named for former [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], also of Shreveport.<ref name=findagrave/>

Stone's tenure over the Southern University system coincided with that of [[F. Jay Taylor]] of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], also a native of Gibsland, who was a year older than Stone.

Stone's tenure over the Southern University system coincided with that of [[F. Jay Taylor]] of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], also a native of Gibsland, who was a year older than Stone.