James g mcdonald biography
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Middle East Quarterly
To the Gates of Jerusalem: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, . Edited by Barbara McDonald Stewart, Severin Hochberg, Richard Breitman, Norman J. W. Goda. Bloomington: Indiana University Press and U.S. Holocaust Museum, pp. $
Envoy to the Promised Land: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, . Edited by Norman Goda, Richard Breitman, Barbara McDonald Stewart, and Severin Hochberg. Bloomington: Indiana University Press and U.S. Holocaust Museum, 1, pp. $
On May 14, , exactly eleven minutes after David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel, U.S. president Harry Truman announced U.S. recognition of the new state. The president was defying the firm advice of his State Department and its head, Secretary of State George Marshall, who contended the move was premature. At an earlier meeting, Marshall had told Truman that the rush to recognize was pure politics, and if it were done, he would not vote for the president in
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James G. McDonald papper, , bulk
James Grover McDonald was born on November 29, in Coldwater, Ohio. His parents, Kenneth and Anna Dietrich McDonald, operated a hotel, and the family's five children worked alongside their parents. The family later moved to Albany, Indiana, to operate a second hotel, and there McDonald met Ruth Stafford, whom he would marry in The couple would have two daughters, Barbara Ann and Janet.
McDonald studied at Indiana University, earning an A.B. degree in and a master's in History, Political Science, and International Relations in He won a teaching fellowship in history at Harvard Graduate School and then returned to Indiana University in as assistant professor of history. He taught until , with a break in to visit Spain as a Harvard University traveling fellow. He also taught summer sessions in international affairs at the University of Georgia in and
At the recommendation of his Harvard advisors, McDonald moved to New York City and took a position
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JAMES GROVER McDONALD
First USA Ambassador to Israel
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HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES COMING FROM GERMANY
From Wikipedia (Go to site for his work as US Ambassador)
In James Grover McDonald was assigned to High Commission Refugees (Jewish and Other). This body was proposed in October According to the proposal the High Commission would be an entirely autonomous organization in charge of finding its own funding as it would receive no financial support from the League of Nations that it was affiliated with. The commission did not report to the League of Nations but rather only to the Commission’s Governing Body. The resolution for this commission was passed on October 12,
During his time as High Commissioner McDonald sought out numerous avenues for support in his crusade to rescue the suffering German Jews. He made numerous appeals to organizations such as the United States’ government and the Vatican for support but ultimately