Background
Button, Jack Blair was born on February 12, 1926 in Lebanon, Kansas, United States. Son of Elgin R. and Mabel (Van Tries) Button.
international political consultant
Button, Jack Blair was born on February 12, 1926 in Lebanon, Kansas, United States. Son of Elgin R. and Mabel (Van Tries) Button.
Bachelor of Arts Kansas, 1947. Master of Arts, University Kansas, 1948. Postgraduate, Yale University, 1958.
Instructor political science University Kansas, 1947-1948. Intern National Institute Public Affairs, 1948-1949. Joined United States Foreign Service, 1949, assigned Baghdad, Iraq, 1949-1951, Berlin, Germany, 1951-1956, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1960-1963, State Department, 1956-1960, 63-67, assistant chief foodstuffs division, 1964-1967.
Assigned National War College, 1967-1969, faculty, 1968-1969. Adviser United States delegation United Nations General Assembly, 1969. Economic counselor Agency for International Development liaison officer American embassy, Tel Aviv, 1970-1974.
Deputy director personnel for policy State Department, Washington, 1974-1975. Minister for economic commercial affairs American embassy, Tokyo, 1975-1979. Executive director United States-Japan Economic Relations Group, 1979-1981.
Senior adviser Frost & Sullivan Political Risk Services, 1983-1984.
Married Jean Stodard, December 20, 1947. Children: Alexander, Van Tries, Margaret Button Nosco, Jonathan.