James W. Spain
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James W. Spain was in the US Foreign Service with postings in Islamabad, Istanbul and Ankara and four ambassadorships in Tanzania, Turkey, the United Nations (as deputy permanent representative), and Sri Lanka.
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[edit] Biography
He is an Irish Catholic and had a risky childhood in gangster-era Chicago and military service as Douglas MacArthur’s photographer in occupied Japan.
He had an interesting university life at the Chicago University and obtained a Ph.D. from Columbia University.
[edit] Publications
He authored a number of books. In Those Days: A Diplomat Remembers is his autobiography, a memoir of his time as an American diplomat who spent most of his life in Asia and Africa, engaged in high-level diplomacy.
He is also the author of The Pathan Borderland; People of the Khyber; Pathans of the Latter Day; and American Diplomacy in Turkey.
[edit] Other Activities
- In retirement, James W. Spain actively engaged in organizing a power and irrigation project in Sri Lanka.
- He is the Founder Patron of the Princess Diana Institute of Peace.
- He is an Honorary Life President of the United Nations Association of Sri Lanka.
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| Preceded by W. Beverly Carter, Jr. |
U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania 1975–1979 |
Succeeded by Richard Noyes Viets |
| Preceded by Ronald I. Spiers |
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey 1980–1981 |
Succeeded by Robert Strausz-Hupé |
| Preceded by John Hathaway Reed |
U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka 1995–1998 |
Succeeded by Marion V. Creekmore, Jr. |
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