Background
DeVoss, James Thomas was born on March 22, 1916 in Ocheyedan, Iowa, United States. Son of Jesse Franklin and Ada Calista (Johnson) De V.
Community foundation administrator
DeVoss, James Thomas was born on March 22, 1916 in Ocheyedan, Iowa, United States. Son of Jesse Franklin and Ada Calista (Johnson) De V.
Student, University Iowa, 1937. Bachelor of Science, University Maryland, 1958.
Circulation supervisor, Des Moines Register and Tribune,, 1938-1940; second in command Lieutenant, infantry, ORC, United States Army, 1937; called to active duty, United States Army, 1941; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1961; graduated from Command and General Staff College, United States Army, 1953; member military staff, Big Three Conference, Bermuda, United States Army, 1953; special security officer, PTO, United States Army, 1949-1952; special security officer, United States Forces, Austria, United States Army, 1954-1955; special security officer, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe, United States Army, 1955-1958; special security officer, joint chief staff and secretary of defense, United States Army, 1958-1961; retired, 1961; assistant executive secretary, American Philatelic Society, 1961-1963; executive director, American Philatelic Society, 1963-1981; trustee, Centre County Community Foundation, 1983-1987; executive secretary, Centre County Community Foundation, 1988-1993; retired, 1993.
President Philadelphia International Philatelic Exhibition, 1974-1986. President American Philatelic Research Library., 1980-1983. Trustee Philatelic Foundation, 1980-1986.
Fellow Royal Philatelic Society (London) (Tilleard medal 1957), Royal Philatelic Society of Canada. Member American Philatelic Society (life, John N. Luff award 1955, 58), American Philatelic Congress (McCoy award 1953, 59, Jere Hess Barr award 1959), Collectors Club New York, Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (vice president 1976-1986), Postal History Society (honorary), Philatelic Foundation (Mortimer L. Neinken award 1991), United States Philatelic Classic Society (Distinguished Philatelist award 1993), Rotary.
Married Dorothy Alberta Durr, October 10, 1938. Children: Richard Allan, Robert Neal, Rosalie Jean De Voss Starr.
