Background
Donovan, James Alport was born on May 25, 1916 in Buffalo. Son of James Alport and Laura S. (Hickok) Donovan.
Donovan, James Alport was born on May 25, 1916 in Buffalo. Son of James Alport and Laura S. (Hickok) Donovan.
Bachelor of Arts with honors in German, Yale, 1937, postgraduate Graduate School, 1937-1940. Postgraduate (American Council Library Science fellow) Linguistic Institute, University of Michigan, summer 1938.
Translator, special agent Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1941-1946. With State Department, 1946-1980, with security office, 1946-1949, with Bureau Ednl. and Cultural Affairs, 1950-1980, staff director United States Advisory Commission International Ednl. and Cultural Affairs, 1960-1972, staff director Advisory Committee on Arts, 1960-1963, staff director Government Advisory Committee on International Book and Library Programs, 1962-1971, director special projects staff, 1972-1973, history project Bureau Ednl. and Cultural Affairs, 1973-1978. Archivist, historian International Communications Agency, 1978-1980.
Instructor German, George Washington University, 1947-1949.
Member Alexandria (Virginia) School Board, 1961-1967. Member Society Former Special Assemblies of God Theological Seminary Federal Bureau of Investigation, Thoreau Society, Samuel Butler Society (founder, editor newsletter 1978), Oral History Association, Society Historians American Foreign Relations, Federal Government Micrographics Council. Clubs: Yale, George Washington University (Washington).
Married Abbie Daggett Morse, July 18, 1939 (divorced). Married second, Katherine Cohn Bang, 1973. Children: Peter Morse, Patrick James.