James Thomas Laney

Background

Laney, James Thomas was born on December 24, 1927 in Wilson, Arkansas, United States. Son of Thomas Mann and Mary (Hughey) Laney.

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, 1950. Bachelor's Degree, Yale University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1966.

Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Florida Southern College, 1977. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Wofford College, 1986. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Emory University, 1994.

Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Yonsei University, Korea, 1997. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, 2000. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Africa University, Zimbabwe, 2004.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rhodes College, 1979. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Millsaps College, 1988. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Austin College, 1990.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Yale University, 1993. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University South Carolina, 1997.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Queens College, 1998. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), LaGrange College, 2000. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Nebraska Wesleyan University, 2004.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Richmond, 2001. HHD (honorary), Mercer University, 1980. Doctor of Laws (honorary), DePauw University, 1985.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), University St. Andrews, Scotland, 1994. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Alaska Pacific University, 1994. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Piedmont College, 1999.

Doctor in International Affairs (honorary), American University, 1998.

Career

Chaplain Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut, 1953-1955. Ordained to ministry Methodist Church, 1955. Assistant lecturer Yale Division School, 1954-1955.

Pastor St. Paul Methodist Church, Cincinnati, 1955-1958. Secretary student Christian movement, professor Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 1959-1964. Assistant professor Christian ethics Vanderbilt University Division School, 1966-1969.

Dean Candler School Theology, Emory University, 1969-1977, president university, 1977-1993, president emeritus, since 1993. United States ambassador to Republic of Korea, 1993-1997. Special presidential envoy, 1997—1999.

Visiting professor Harvard Division School, 1974.

Achievements

• James Thomas Laney has been listed as a noteworthy ambassador, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • On Being Responsible

    (On Being Responsible Paperback - January 1, 1968 by James...)

Membership

Foreign affairs president Nashville Community Relations Council, 1968-1969. Member Yale Council Committee, 1972-1977. Board director Fund Theological Education.

Chairman United Board Christian Higher Education in Asia, 1990-1993, 97-2002, National Fulbright Fellowship Selection Committee, 1997-2000. Board director Atlanta Symphony, 1979-1991. Chairman board overseers committee to visit Harvard Division School, 1980-1985.

Member Yale University Council Executive Committee, 1990-1993. Member Carnegie Endowment National Commission on American and the New World. Member advisory committee Atlanta Project.

Chairman southern district Rhodes Scholarship Committee, 1980-1990. Board director Atlanta Council, 1987-1993. Henry Luce Foundation, since 1990, Atlantic Community Foundation, since 2008.

Member tercentenary steering committee Yale University, 1998-1901. Co-chairman Faith & City, Atlanta, Georgia. Trustee Carter Center, since 1997, Task Force Global Health, 2001-2006.

With Army of the United States, 1946-1948. Member Society Values Higher Education (president 1987-1991), Council on Foreign Relations (co-chair task force on Korean Peninsula 1997-2002), Pilgrim Society, Atlanta Chamber C., Commerce Club, Atlanta Rotary Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Elihu Society (honorary).

Connections

Married Berta Joan Radford, December 20, 1949. Children: Berta Joan Vaughan, James T., Arthur Radford, Mary Ruth Laney Reilly, Susan Elizabeth Castle.

Father:

Thomas Mann Laney

Mother:

Mary (Hughey) Laney

Spouse:

Berta Joan Radford

child:

Mary Ruth Laney Reilly Laney

child:

Berta Joan Vaughan Laney

child:

James T. Laney

child:

Susan Elizabeth Castle Laney

child:

Arthur Radford Laney