James E. Akins
James E. Akins | |
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Gerald R. Ford | |
Preceded by | Nicholas G. Thacher |
Succeeded by | William J. Porter |
Personal details | |
Born | James Elmer Akins October 15, 1926 Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | July 15, 2010 Mitchellville, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 83)
Alma mater | |
James Elmer Akins (October 15, 1926 – July 15, 2010)
Early life, education and career
Akins was born in
He joined the Foreign Service in 1954 and worked in Italy, France, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait and Baghdad before being appointed to the State Department's top energy post in 1968.
Director of fuels and energy at the U.S. State Department
In 1971 after
U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia
One of his first acts as ambassador was to send a confidential message to oil executives who were forming the
Criticism of the pro-Israeli lobby
In a 1979 interview in
In 2003, former Ambassador Akins participated in an independent investigative commission headed by retired Admiral
Death
Akins died July 15, 2010, in Mitchellville, Maryland, after a heart attack.[11]
References
- ^ a b "James E. Akins." Marquis Who's Who, 2007. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. Document Number: K2016266648. "...ambassador to, Saudi Arabia, 1973-76".
- ^ Akins was ambassador until February 10, 1976, it appears. Although a U.S. State Department reference, retrieved 2008-04-30, lists his departure as "Feb 10, 1975" (with the next ambassador starting "Feb 21, 1976"), the other cited sources indicate this is a typographical error.
- ^ Charlton, Linda (August 22, 1975). "U.S. Will Relieve Envoy To Saudis in Big Shuffle". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
- PBS. June 26, 1996. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973 to 1976...
- ^ "The Cast of Analysts". Time. March 12, 1979. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973 until late 1975...
Companion to the article: "Searching for the Right Response". Time. March 12, 1979. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2008. - ^ "IPC Scholars And Fellows". Iran Policy Committee. Archived from the original on June 4, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
- ^ ISBN 9781783085101.
- ^ New York Times Obituary, July 25, 2010
- ^ Greenhouse, Linda (June 2, 1998). "High Court Lowers Shield of Election Panel". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
- ^ "Findings of the Independent Commission" (PDF). usslibertyveterans.org. October 22, 2003. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ^ "James E. Akins, Envoy to Saudi Arabia, Dies at 83". The New York Times. July 24, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
External links
Articles by James Akins
- "The Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty, June 8, 1967, And the 32-Year Cover-up That Has Followed", Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, December 1999.
- "The New Arabia", Foreign Affairs, Summer 1991.
- "The Arabists", April 16, 1994.