Background
Simms, John William was born on January 2, 1924 in Upland, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Earle and Katharyn Hamilton (Van Roden) Simms.
foreign service officer consultant
Simms, John William was born on January 2, 1924 in Upland, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Earle and Katharyn Hamilton (Van Roden) Simms.
Student, University Pennsylvania, 1941-1943; Bachelor in Government, George Washington University, 1948; postgraduate, Georgetown University, 1948-1950; postgraduate, American U., Washington, 1959-1960, 63-64.
United States foreign service officer, various cities, Germany, 1950-1953, 56-58; staff aide to ambassador, Tokyo, Japan, 1953-1955; United States foreign service officer, Bureau International Orgns. Affairs, Washington, 1958-1961; consul, principal officer, Kisangani, Zaire, 1962; United States foreign service officer, Bureau African Affairs, Washington, 1963; United States foreign service officer, Bureau European Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia., 1964-1965; staff aide to secretary general, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Paris, 1965-1967; staff aide to secretary general, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, Belgium, 1967-1968; chief political section, United States Embassy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1968-1971; chief political section United States Embassy, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1971-1973; United States foreign service officer, Bureau Inter-American Affairs, Washington, 1973-1974; from deputy chief of mission to charge d'affaires, Bridgetown, Barbados, 1974-1977; congressional liaison officer, Office Congressional Rels., Washington, 1977-1978; political counselor, Bogotá, Colombia, 1978-1980; senior officer, Bureau Pers., Washington, 1980-1981; vice president, COMEX, Washington, 1981-1982; consultant, Professional Management Associations, Bethesda, Maryland., 1986-1990; senior crisis management associate, Research Planning, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, 1990-1993.
Member Fairfax County (Virginia) Republican Committee, 1983-1985. Warrant Officer (junior grade) United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations, lieutenant colonel research retired.
Married Ronda Jean Motter, September 11, 1965. Children: Llewellyn Earle Simms, Eric Marion Simms.