James M. Wilson, Jr.
| James M. Wilson, Jr. | |
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| Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | |
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In office November 29, 1976 – April 28, 1977 |
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| President | Gerald Ford |
| Succeeded by | Patricia M. Derian |
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July 8, 1918 Mokansan |
| Died | November 25, 2009 (aged 91) Washington, D.C. |
| Education | Swarthmore College, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard Law School |
James Morrison Wilson, Jr. (July 8, 1918 – November 25, 2009) was an official in the United States Department of State who launched the State Department's annual country reports on human rights in 1975, and who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1975 to 1977.
James M. Wilson, Jr. was born on July 8, 1918 in Mokansan in Sanmen County, Republic of China. His parents were American missionaries, and Wilson grew up in Hangzhou and Shanghai. After the January 28 Incident, his family decided to leave China in 1935, leaving via the Trans-Siberian Railway and traveling through the Soviet Union to Europe, and returning from there to the U.S. Wilson then attended Swarthmore College, graduating with a B.A. in 1939. He then attended The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, receiving a master's degree in 1940.
After college, Wilson briefly worked as a newspaper reporter in Louisville, Kentucky and then joined the Kentucky National Guard. He was on board a ship sailing to Corregidor Island at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As a result, Wilson's unit was called up and Wilson spent the rest of World War II in the United States Army. He served in North Africa, Italy, and France, becoming an aide of General Lucian Truscott. By the end of the war, he had obtained the rank of lieutenant colonel and had been awarded the Bronze Star Medal twice and the Purple Heart twice.
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