James Malone Rentschler

Background

Rentschler, James Malone was born on October 16, 1933 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States. Son of Edwin Balthaser and Jane (Melone) Rentschler.

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, 1955. Certificat, Sorbonne, University Paris, 1954. Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University School Advanced International Studies, Bologna, Italy, 1966.

Career

Joined United States Information Agency, 1959. Assistant cultural affairs officer American embassy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1959-1961. Public affairs officer Fez, Morocco, 1961-1963, American embassy, Ouagadougou, Upper Volta, 1964-1965.

Press attache United States Mission to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Paris and Brussels, 1966-1968. Deputy cultural attache American embassy, Paris, 1969-1971, counselor of embassy for press and cultural affairs Bucharest, Rumania, 1971-1974. Member Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy, Washington, 1974-1975.

Senior inspector Foreign Service, 1975-1976. Counselor American embassy, Rabat, Morocco, 1977-1978. Senior director West European affairs National Security Council, White House, 1978-1982.

United States ambassador to Malta, Valletta, since 1982.

Achievements

• James Malone Rentschler has been listed as a noteworthy ambassador by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors United Service Organizations, Paris, 1969-1970. Served with Security Agency United States Army, 1956-1958. Member Societe Des Amis de Proust et de Combary, Phi Beta Kappa Clubs: Yale (Washington).

Connections

Married Mary Heldon Baker, June 25, 1960. Children: James Felix, Jeffrey William.

Father:

Edwin Balthaser Rentschler

Mother:

Jane (Melone) Rentschler

Spouse:

Mary Heldon Baker

child:

James Felix Rentschler

child:

Jeffrey William Rentschler