Joseph John John JOVA

Background

Jova, Joseph John was born on November 7, 1916 in Newburgh, New York, United States. Son of Joseph Luis and Maria Josefa (Gonzalez-Cavada) Jova.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1938; graduate senior seminar on foreign policy, Foreign Service Institute, 1959; Doctor of Humane Letters, Mount St. Mary College, 1973; Doctor of Laws, Dowling College, 1973.

Career

With, Guatemala division United Fruit Company, 1938-1941; foreign service officer, Department State, 1947-1977; vice consul, Basra, 1947-1949; 2d secretary, vice consul, Tangier, 1949-1952; consul, Oporto, 1952-1954; 1st secretary, Lisbon, 1954-1957; officer-in-charge, French-Iberian affairs, 1957-1958; assistant chief personnel, French-Iberian affairs, 1959-1960; chief personnel operations division, French-Iberian affairs, 1960-1961; deputy chief of mission, Santiago, Chile, 1961-1965; ambassador to Honduras, Tegucigalpa, 1965-1969; ambassador to Organization of American States, Washington, 1969-1974; ambassador to Mexico, 1974-1977; president, Meridian House International, 1977-1989; president emeritus, 1989-1993. Chairman Department State Management Reform Task Force, United States delegations to Inter-American Council on Education, Science and Culture at Panama, 1972, Mar del Plata, 1973, United Nations Economics Common for Latin American, Santiago, 1971, United Nations Economics Commission Latin American Population Conference, Mexico, 1974. Vice chairman United States delegate to general assembly Organization of American States, 1970, 71, 72, 73, chairman Inter-American committee culture, 1983-1988.

Board of directors First American Bank of Washington.

Achievements

• Joseph John Jova has been listed as a noteworthy Foundation executive, consultant, ambassador by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Mount St. Mary's College, Pan-American Development Foundation, president, 1989-1993. Trustee Friends of Organization of American States Museum of Latin American Art, vice president, 1986-1993, Textile Museum, Georgetown University Library. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1947.

Member Mexican Academy International Law (president American chapter), United States Foreign Service Association, Center Inter-American Relations, Institute Hispanic Culture of Spain, Asociacion de Hidalgos a Fuero de España, National Hispanic Quincentennial Commission Society, Sulgrave, International Club of Washington, Chapultepec Golf, Dacor House, Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Connections

Married Pamela Johnson, February 9, 1949. Children: Henry Christopher, John Thomas, Margaret Ynes Grunberg.

Father:

Joseph Luis Jova

Mother:

Maria Josefa (Gonzalez-Cavada) Jova

Spouse:

Pamela Johnson

child:

John Thomas Jova

child:

Margaret Ynes Grunberg Jova

child:

Henry Christopher Jova