No one had to ask Jeffrey Stone what was new when he arrived Monday at his office in Columbus.

Stone, president of the Edwards Communities Construction Co., is the father of actress Emma Stone, who on Sunday night won the Academy Award for best actress.

"Very, very exciting," said Mr. Stone, a 1978 graduate of Upper Arlington High School. "It was kind of the culmination of a lot of hard work. As young as she is, she’s been in Los Angeles for 13 years, pursuing her dream."

His 28-year-old daughter won the the Oscar for her role as Mia, an aspiring actress, in the musical "La La Land."

The Oscar broadcast put Emma Stone in the spotlight twice: When she accepted the award, and then again as she and other "La La Land" cast members took to the stage after the mistaken announcement that the movie had won best picture. After about a two-minute delay, it was announced that "Moonlight" actually was the real winner.

Jeffrey Stone said his daughter, whom he had texted but not yet talked with by phone on Monday, took the mix-up in stride because "Moonlight" was a deserving movie.

"My daughter very much appreciates great films," he said.

The actress mentioned her parents and her brother, Spencer, during her acceptance speech. Spencer accompanied his sister to the awards ceremony, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Jeffrey Stone is the son of Conrad and Marilyn Stone, who moved from central Ohio to Arizona in 1990. Conrad Stone also worked for Edwards, where Jeffrey got his start in construction as a laborer during high school.

Jeffrey, a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, has worked in construction for several decades in Arizona. He rejoined the Edwards organization, developers of apartments, in 2015 and commutes between his home in Arizona and his office in Columbus. He is divorced from Emma's mother, Krista.

Stone said his daughter was always singing and dancing around the house as a child. She and her mother moved to Los Angeles when Emma was 15 so she could pursue a career. She landed her first big movie role at age 17, in "Superbad," was nominated for a supporting actress Oscar in 2014 for her role in "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)."

Stone said there were congratulations all around Monday when he arrived at his office, just south of Downtown. He wasn't surprised by his daughter's Oscar, he said.

"I certainly thought she had a very good chance."

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