Background
Goodby, James Eugene was born on December 20, 1929 in Providence. Son of Frank William and Florence Merle (Bixby) Goodby.
Goodby, James Eugene was born on December 20, 1929 in Providence. Son of Frank William and Florence Merle (Bixby) Goodby.
He graduated from Harvard University with an Bachelor of Arts in 1951 and served as a second lieutenant in the Air Force during the Korean War from 1952-1953. He attended the University of Michigan (1951-1952) and Harvard University (1953-1954).
Geologist, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Boston, 1951-1952. Foreign affairs specialist Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1954-1959. Foreign affairs officer Office Special Assistant to Secretary State for Atomic Energy, Washington, 1960-1961.
Officer-in-charge nuclear test ban treaty negotiations United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1961-1963.
Member policy planning council State Department, 1963-1967. 1st secretary United States Mission to European Communities, Brussels, Belgium, 1967-1969.
Officer in charge defense policy affairs Office North Atlantic Treaty Organization Affairs, Department State, 1969-1971. Counselor for political affairs United States Mission toNATO, Brussels, 1971-1974.
Deputy director Bureau Politico-Military Affairs, StateDept., Washington, 1974-1977.
Deputy assistant secretary of state for European affairs, 1977-1980. United States ambassador to Finland, Helsinki, 1980-1981. Vice-chairman United States delegate Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, 1981-1983.
Chief United States delegate to Conference on Disarmament in Europe, 1983-1985.
Research professor diplomacy Georgetown University, 1985-1988. Distinguished Svc. professor Carnegie Mellon University, 1989.
Distinguished fellow United States Institute of Peace, 1992, Heinz Award, 1995. Second lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952-1953.
He was foreign affairs specialist with the United States Atomic Energy Commission in 1954-1959, foreign affairs officer in the Office of Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy in 1960, Officer in Charge of Nuclear Test Ban Negotiations at the United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1961-1963. Member of the Policy Planning Council at the Department of State in 1963-1967. Political officer at the United States Mission to the European Communities in Brussels in 1967-1969.
Officer in Charge of Defense Policy Affairs at the Bureau of European Affairs of the Department of State, in 1969-1971.
Counselor for Political Affairs at the United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels in 1971-1974. Deputy Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs in 1974-1977 (negotiating with North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance partners as part of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to create the Helsinki Accords).
And Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs in 1977-1980. Goodby is currently Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, a member of the Bipartisan Security Group, and a research fellow at Stanford University"s Hoover Institution.
Married Priscilla Dean Staples Goodby, June 30, 1956. Children: James Laurence, Sarah Walcott.