Background
Symington, James W. was born on September 28, 1927 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Stuart Symington and Evelyn Wadsworth Symington.
United States Representative from Missouri
Symington, James W. was born on September 28, 1927 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Stuart Symington and Evelyn Wadsworth Symington.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1954).
Worked at O"Connor & Hannan. Admitted to the bar, 1954, Missouri. 1960, District of Columbia.
1962, United States.
Supreme Court. United States. District Court, District of Missouri. Phi Delta Phi. Associate, Cobbs, Armstrong, Teasdale & Roos, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1955-1958.
Attache, United States.
Embassy, London, England, 1958-1960. Deputy Director, Food Foreign Peace, White House, 1961-1962.
Administrative Assistant to United States. Attorney General, 1962-1963.
Associate, Arnold, Fortas & Porter, Washington, District of Columbia, 1963-1965.
Executive Director, President"s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency & Youth Crime, 1964-1966. Recipient, National Science Foundation Award for Distinguished Service as Chairman of Science, Research and Technology Subcommittee, 1977. Secretary, Atlantic Council, 1986.
Chairman, National Rehabilitation Hospital, 1989-1992.
President, United States Association of Former Members of Congress, 1993. Military: With United States.
Marine Corps, 1945-1946.
Member of America Federation Musicians, Missouri, District of Columbia & America Bar Association.
Married Sylvia Caroline Schlapp, 1953. Children: Julia Hay, Jeremy Wadsworth.