Background
Engle, James Bruce was born on April 16, 1919 in Billings, Montana, United States. Son of Bruce Wilmot and Verbeaudah Margaret (Morgan) Engle.
Engle, James Bruce was born on April 16, 1919 in Billings, Montana, United States. Son of Bruce Wilmot and Verbeaudah Margaret (Morgan) Engle.
Diploma, Burlington (Iowa) Junior College, 1938; Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1940; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1940-1941, 46; diploma, Graduate School Business Administration, Harvard, 1945; Honours Bachelor of Arts (Rhodes scholar), Exeter College Honours Bachelor of Arts (Rhodes scholar), Oxford (England) University, 1950; Honours Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1954; diploma, U. per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy, 1949; Fulbright scholar, Istituto Italiano Studi Storici, Naples, 1950-1953; postgraduate, American U., Washington, 1956-1958; diploma, Goethe Institut, Germany, 1958; postgraduate, King's College, Cambridge (England) University, 1958-1959.
Department State liaison officer with Board Economic Warfare, Washington, 1941-1942. Vice consul Quito, Ecuador, 1942-1944, Rio de Janeiro, 1946-1947, Naples, 1951-1953. 2d secretary American embassy, Rome, 1953-1954.
Italian desk officer Department State, Washington, 1955-1958. 1st secretary American embassy, London, 1958-1959. Consul Frankfurt, Germany, 1959, Duesseldorf, Germany, 1959-1960.
Labor attache American embassy, Bonn, Germany, 1960-1961, 1st secretary Accra, Ghana, 1961-1962, acting deputy chief mission, 1962-1963, charge d'affaires, 1963. Deputy chief mission, counselor embassy Managua, Nicaragua, 1963-1967. Charge d'affaires, 1967.
Member senior seminar in foreign policy Department State, Washington, 1967-1968. Deputy chief reports and analysis division Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support, Military Assistance Command, Saigon, Vietnam, 1968. Province senior advisor Phu Yen military region II, Tuy Hoa, Vietnam, 1969-1970.
Director Vietnam working group Department State, secretary National Security Council committee on Indochina, Washington, 1970-1971. Special advisor to ambassador-at-large on trade and currency negotiations, 1971-1972. Diplomatic advisor to secretary of treasury, 1972.
Special assistant to the United States ambassador to North Atlantic Council, Brussels, 1972. Executive secretary special interdepartmental task force on Indochina Department State, Washington, 1972-1973. Consul general Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1973.
Deputy chief mission, counselor of embassy Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1973-1974. Charge d'affaires, 1974. Ambassador to People's Republic of Bénin (Dahomey), Cotonou, 1974-1976.
Political advisor with rank of ambassador to the United States Commander-in-Chief Atlantic and Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, 1976-1978. Senior foreign service inspector Department State, Washington, 1978-1982. Consultant on war gaming, 1983-1984.
Director United States representation United States—Saudi Arabian Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1984-1985. Joint Commission Advisor to Senior Level Committees United States and Saudi Arabian governments, 1985-1987. Consultant on foreign affairs, since 1987.
Founder, president Vermont Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife, 1991—1996, chairman board, 1996—2001, president emeritus, since 2001. Member Vermont Forestry Communications Council, 1991-1995.
Member Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee, Northern Forest Lands Council, 1992-1994, University Vermont Extension Advisory Council, since 1993. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1944-1946. Military government officer Japan, 1945-1946.
Member The Oxford Union, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Priscilla Joyce Wright, June 10, 1950. Children— Stephen, Judith, Philip, Susan, John, Peter.