Background
McCargar, James Goodrich was born on April 20, 1920 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Jesse B. and Addie May (Goodrich) McCargar.
McCargar, James Goodrich was born on April 20, 1920 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Jesse B. and Addie May (Goodrich) McCargar.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1942.
Commissioned Foreign Service Officer, 1942. Department State, Moscow, 1942, 43. Vladivostok, 1942-1943.
Santo Domingo, 1943-1944. Secretary of legation, chief political section Budapest, Hungary, 1946-1947. Vice consul Genoa, Italy, 1948.
Chief division Southeastern European Affairs Office of Policy Coordination, Washington, 1948-1950. Secretary of embassy, member United States Delaware to Allied Coordinating Committee, Paris, 1950-1953. Assistant to vice president Free Europe Committee, Incorporated, New York York City, 1955, European director political operations Paris, 1956-1958, consultant to president, 1959-1960, 71-76.
Special assistant to chairman National Endowment of the Humanities, Washington, 1978-1982. United States delegate United Nations Educational conferences, 1978, 80, 82. Alternate representative United States-Japan Friendship Commission, 1979-1982.
United States delegate United States-Mexico Commission on Cultural Cooperative, 1980, Seminary on Funding of Culture, Madrid, 1982. Consultant British Broadcasting Corporation-television, London, 1984, National Democratic Institute International Affairs, Washington, 1984, African-American Labor Center, Washington, 1984-1985, American Institute Free Labor Development, Washington, 1985, Department International Affairs, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, 1986-1995, Free Trade Union Institute, Washington, 1993-1995, United States Information Agency, Washington, 1998. Editorial advisor Interco Press, 1988-1996.
Panelist international conference Hungary and the World 1956, Budapest, 1996. Board directors Americans for Universality of United Nations Educational, Washington.
Co-founder, secretary Americans Abroad for Kennedy, Paris, 1960. Ensign United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member Polish Institute Arts and Sciences American (elected), Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired, Veterans of Office of Strategic Services (honorary), Authors' Guild, Cosmos Club(Washington).
Married Geraldine Claudia Cooper-Key, August 2, 1948 (divorced 1954). Married Emanuela Butculescu, December 22, 1973.