James A. Joseph

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James A. Joseph (born 1935) is a former American diplomat.

Joseph is Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Studies at Duke University and founder of the United States – Southern Africa Center for Leadership and Public Values at Duke and the University of Cape Town. He has served four U.S. Presidents. In 1995, he was nominated by President Bill Clinton and confirmed by the United States Senate as the U.S. Ambassador to South Africa. He was the only U. S. Ambassador to present his credentials to President Nelson Mandela. In 1999, President Thabo Mbeki awarded him the Order of Good Hope, the highest honor the Republic of South Africa bestows on a citizen of another country. As a legacy and contribution to South Africa and the USA, Joseph helped found the Emerging Leaders Program, a pioneering effort in partnership with both the University of Cape Town and Duke University aimed at identifying and mentoring the next generation of significant leaders working to make an impact on the world.^[1]

From 1977–1981, Joseph served as the Under Secretary of the Department of Interior under President Jimmy Carter. President Reagan appointed him a member of the Advisory Committee to the Agency for International Development and the first President Bush appointed him an incorporating director of the Points of Light Foundation and a member of the Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges. President Clinton appointed him the first Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National Service.

Joseph is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation created by Governor Blanco, and was recently honored by his home state as a Louisiana Legend. The award goes to Louisiana natives who have distinguished themselves in music, art, theater, literature and politics. He has also had a distinguished career in business, education and philanthropy. From 1982-1995, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Foundations, an international organization of more than 2000 foundations and corporate giving programs. He served as a Vice President of Cummins Engine Company and President of the Cummins Engine Foundation from 1971-1976. An ordained minister, he has taught at Yale Divinity School and the Claremont Colleges where he was also University Chaplain. In 1985, he was a Distinguished Visitor at Nuffield College at Oxford University and serves presently as an Honorary Professor and a member of the Board of Advisors at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town.

After graduating from Southern University and Yale, Joseph began his career at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he helped organize the local civil rights movement in 1963. A frequent speaker to academic, civic and religious audiences, he is the author of two books, The Charitable Impulse and Remaking America. A third book on The Changing Role of Ethics in Public Life is near completion. He is the recipient of nineteen honorary degrees and his undergraduate alma mater, Southern University, has named an endowed chair in his honor. The Board of Directors of the Council on Foundations appointed him President Emeritus and the Association of Black Foundation Executives established the James A. Joseph Lecture on Philanthropy.

Joseph has served on the Board of Directors of the Brookings Institution, the National Endowment for Democracy, Africare, and the Children’s Defense Fund. He serves presently as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the NHP Foundation and MDC. He is a director of the Management and Training Corporation and serves on the Board of Advisors of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and the Leadership Center at Morehouse College. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Academy for Public Administration. He is married to the former Mary Braxton, an Emmy Award winning television journalist, and has two children from a previous marriage to Doris T. Joseph.

Joseph is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.^[2]

Preceded by Princeton Lyman	United States Ambassador to South Africa 1995-1999	Succeeded by Delano Lewis

References

Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame

1993–1999

1993	Hale Boggs William C.C. Claiborne Jimmie Davis Pap Dean Edwin Edwards Dudley LeBlanc Earl Long Huey Long Russell B. Long

1994	A. Leonard Allen Lindy Boggs Victor Bussie Allen J. Ellender Gillis William Long

1995	Camille Gravel Sam Hanna deLesseps Story Morrison Zachary Taylor Edward Douglass White

1996	Louis Berry James Carville Mary Evelyn Parker Leander Perez Gus Weill

1997	Oscar K. Allen Murphy J. Foster, Sr. J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. Melinda Schwegmann David C. Treen

1998	Speedy Long John H. Overton Joe Waggonner T. Harry Williams

1999	Cat Doucet Jimmy Fitzmorris Douglas Fowler Iris Kelso Ed Renwick

2000–2009

2000	Jefferson Caffery William J. Jefferson Jeannette Knoll Jimmy D. Long Buddy Roemer

2001	Wiley W. Hilburn Robert F. Kennon Harry Lee Harold McSween Wade O. Martin, Jr. Victor H. Schiro

2002	Jesse Bankston Kenny Bowen Harley Bozeman Nathan Burl Cain Bill Dodd Francis Grevemberg John Hainkel Henson Moore Joe Sampite Lillian Walker

2003	John Alario John Breaux Harry Connick, Sr. Murphy J. Foster, Jr. Charles Fuselier Carolyn Huntoon Raymond Laborde Bob Livingston Richard Stalder Billy Tauzin

2004	Billy Boles Charles W. DeWitt, Jr. Dudley A. Guglielmo Moon Landrieu Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton, Jr. Edmund Reggie Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes Virginia Shehee Jack Wardlaw

2005	Robert W. Bates Carlos Roberto Flores Mary Flake Flores Eddie J. Jordan, Jr. Curtis Joubert William Hawthorn Lynch Barbara Boggs Sigmund Francis C. Thompson

2006	Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Charlie Cook Sylvan Friedman Donald E. Hines W. Fox McKeithen Cecil J. Picard Vic Stelly

2007	Diana E. Bajoie Sally Clausen Charles deGravelles Virginia deGravelles Hunt Downer Theodore "Ted" Jones Mary Landrieu Sean O'Keefe

2008	Richard Baker Robert "Bobby" Freeman Melvin "Kip" Holden James A. Joseph Donald G. Kelly John LaPlante Bob Odom Ned Randolph Joe R. Salter

2009	Al Ater Foster Campbell Chris John Walter Lee Jessel Ourso Patrick F. Taylor

2010–2019

2010	Rodney Alexander Randy Ewing Charlton Lyons Samuel B. Nunez, Jr. William "Billy" Nungesser Risley C. Triche

2011	James H. "Jim" Brown Lucille May Grace Catherine D. Kimball J. Kelly Nix Ralph Perlman Charlie Smith

2012	Fred Baden Felix Edward Hébert E. L. Henry Jerry Huckaby Adras LaBorde Billy Montgomery

2013	Charles C. Barham Leonard J. Chabert Marty J. Chabert Norby Chabert Hyram Copeland George Dement Leonard R. "Pop" Hataway Angelo Roppolo Raymond Strother

2014	J. Marshall Brown John Bel Edwards John B. Fournet Richard P. "Dick" Guidry John S. Hunt, II Rose McConnell Long Edward "Bubby" Lyons Robert "Bob" Mann Harvey Peltier, Jr.

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Name	Joseph, James A.
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Short description	American diplomat
Date of birth	1935
Place of birth
Date of death
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