James Grover McDonald

James Grover McDonald

James Grover McDonald (1886 - 1964) was a United States diplomat. He served as the first U.S. Ambassador to Israel.

He studied at Harvard University.

Offices

*Chairman of the Board, Foreign Policy Association (1919 - 1933)
*LEAGUE OF NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES COMING FROM GERMANY (1933 - 1935)
*Member, EDITORIAL STAFF, The New York Times (1936 - 1938)
*President of the "President Roosevelt Consultive Committee for Political Refugees"
*Member, U.S. Delegation at the Evian Conference (1938)
*President, BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (1938 - 1942)
*Chairman, PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL REFUGEES (1938 - 1945)
*News Analyst, NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, BLUE NETWORK (1942 - 1944)
*Member, Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry 1946
*UNITED STATES SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO ISRAEL (1948 - 1949)
*UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL (1949 - 1951)
*Chairman, ADVISORY COUNCIL, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR ISRAEL (1951 - 1961)

External links

* [http://www.ushmm.org/museum/press/archives/detail.php?category=02-collections&content=2004-04-22 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Papers of James McDonald)]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehsuite/guides/McDonald.html Columbia University (Papers of James McDonald)]
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10887.htm U.S. State Department List of Ambassador's to Israel]
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/11585.htm#McDonald U.S. State Department Archives (People)]


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