Background
O'Sullivan, James Lawton was born on October 23, 1916 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Son of Patrick Brett and Marguerite Genevieve (Lawton) O'S.
O'Sullivan, James Lawton was born on October 23, 1916 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Son of Patrick Brett and Marguerite Genevieve (Lawton) O'S.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1938; Master of Arts, Boston University, 1959.
Reporter, Ansonia (Connecticut) Sentinel, Hartford (Connecticut) Times, 1939-1941; joined, Foreign Service vice consul, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1942; vice consul, Cayenne, French Guiana, 1943; vice consul, Martinique, 1944; 3d secretary, American Embassy, Chungking, China, 1945; consul, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1946; member, Bureau Far Eastern Affairs, 1947-1951; deputy director, Office S.W. Pacific Affairs, 1957-1959; 1st secretary, American Embassy, Rome, Italy, 1951-1954; 1st secretary, American Embassy, Djakarta, Indonesia, 1955-1956; deputy chief mission, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1959-1962; deputy chief mission, Leopoldville, Congo, 1963-1964; deputy chief mission, Tunis, 1965-1967; director, Office Central African Affairs, 1965; diplomat-in-residence, U. Louisville, 1967; consul general, Sydney, Australia, 1968-1971; professor political science, department chairman, U. Louisville, 1974-1979; professor emeritus, U. Louisville, since 1986; chairman university athletic committee, U. Louisville, 1979-1981.
Member American Political Science Association, American Association of University Professors, Psi Upsilon. Clubs: Royal Selangor Golf (Kuala Lumpur). Big Spring Country (Louisville).
Oronoque Village Golf (Stratford, Connecticut), University Club (Louisville).
Married Eleanor Goode, July 24, 1948 (deceased January 1977). Married Jean F. Hilgendorff, March 18, 1979.