The Lima Recorder
Lima, Livingston County, New York.
Thursday, March 22, 1984
Genesee Valley Mourns Loss of Ambassador Wadswonth
Ambassador James J. Wadsworth of Geneseo died March 13, 1984, following a long illness. Mr. Wadsworth had served close to 40 years as a legislator, negotiator and diplomat.
A member of the Genesee Valley's most famous family, Ambassador Wadsworth was born June 12, 1905 in Groveland. He was the son of the late Senator James W. Wadsworth and Alice Hay Wadsworth.
In 1927, James J. Wadsworth graduated from Yale and married Harty Tilton. In 1931, he was elected to the New York State Assembly from Livingston County. Following five terms in the Assembly and brief time as an Industrial Relations expert with the airplane division of Curtiss Wright, the Ambassador moved to Washington, D.C. and held a number of federal appointments.
In 1953, President Eisenhower appointed Wadsworth to be Deputy Director of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In 1956, he was instrumental in helping to create the International Atomic Energy Agency.
In 1958, Mr. Wadsworth was appointed U.S. Representative on Disarmament and chaired the U.S. Delegation during the negotiations of the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuation of Nuclear Weapons Tests. In I960 he was appointed to the cabinet position of Chief of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
During the early 1960's, the ambassador was involved in the civilian peace movement as President of the Peace Research Institute and he authored two books.
President Lyndon Johnson appointed Mr. Wadsworth Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission in 1963.
In 1965, Mr. Wadsworth's first wife died and after marrying Mary A. Donaldson he returned to his beloved Genesee Valley in 1970. He resumed management of his farming interests and served on the board of many educational and cultural organizations. He was a member of the Genesee Valley Hunt and served on the SUNY Geneseo College Council. He was an officer of the National Guard Troop and Chairman of the Board of the former Genesee Valley National Bank and Trust Company.
His hobbies included music and painting. He sang with a nationally known quartet and enjoyed accompanying friends on his guitar or banjo.
A memorial service was held in Geneseo on March 16.
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Lima, Livingston County, New York.
Thursday, March 22, 1984
Genesee Valley Mourns Loss of Ambassador Wadswonth
Ambassador James J. Wadsworth of Geneseo died March 13, 1984, following a long illness. Mr. Wadsworth had served close to 40 years as a legislator, negotiator and diplomat.
A member of the Genesee Valley's most famous family, Ambassador Wadsworth was born June 12, 1905 in Groveland. He was the son of the late Senator James W. Wadsworth and Alice Hay Wadsworth.
In 1927, James J. Wadsworth graduated from Yale and married Harty Tilton. In 1931, he was elected to the New York State Assembly from Livingston County. Following five terms in the Assembly and brief time as an Industrial Relations expert with the airplane division of Curtiss Wright, the Ambassador moved to Washington, D.C. and held a number of federal appointments.
In 1953, President Eisenhower appointed Wadsworth to be Deputy Director of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In 1956, he was instrumental in helping to create the International Atomic Energy Agency.
In 1958, Mr. Wadsworth was appointed U.S. Representative on Disarmament and chaired the U.S. Delegation during the negotiations of the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuation of Nuclear Weapons Tests. In I960 he was appointed to the cabinet position of Chief of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
During the early 1960's, the ambassador was involved in the civilian peace movement as President of the Peace Research Institute and he authored two books.
President Lyndon Johnson appointed Mr. Wadsworth Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission in 1963.
In 1965, Mr. Wadsworth's first wife died and after marrying Mary A. Donaldson he returned to his beloved Genesee Valley in 1970. He resumed management of his farming interests and served on the board of many educational and cultural organizations. He was a member of the Genesee Valley Hunt and served on the SUNY Geneseo College Council. He was an officer of the National Guard Troop and Chairman of the Board of the former Genesee Valley National Bank and Trust Company.
His hobbies included music and painting. He sang with a nationally known quartet and enjoyed accompanying friends on his guitar or banjo.
A memorial service was held in Geneseo on March 16.
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The Lima Recorder
Lima, Livingston County, New York.
Thursday, March 22, 1984
Genesee Valley Mourns Loss of Ambassador Wadswonth
Ambassador James J. Wadsworth of Geneseo died March 13, 1984, following a long illness. Mr. Wadsworth had served close to 40 years as a legislator, negotiator and diplomat.
A member of the Genesee Valley's most famous family, Ambassador Wadsworth was born June 12, 1905 in Groveland. He was the son of the late Senator James W. Wadsworth and Alice Hay Wadsworth.
In 1927, James J. Wadsworth graduated from Yale and married Harty Tilton. In 1931, he was elected to the New York State Assembly from Livingston County. Following five terms in the Assembly and brief time as an Industrial Relations expert with the airplane division of Curtiss Wright, the Ambassador moved to Washington, D.C. and held a number of federal appointments.
In 1953, President Eisenhower appointed Wadsworth to be Deputy Director of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In 1956, he was instrumental in helping to create the International Atomic Energy Agency.
In 1958, Mr. Wadsworth was appointed U.S. Representative on Disarmament and chaired the U.S. Delegation during the negotiations of the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuation of Nuclear Weapons Tests. In I960 he was appointed to the cabinet position of Chief of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
During the early 1960's, the ambassador was involved in the civilian peace movement as President of the Peace Research Institute and he authored two books.
President Lyndon Johnson appointed Mr. Wadsworth Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission in 1963.
In 1965, Mr. Wadsworth's first wife died and after marrying Mary A. Donaldson he returned to his beloved Genesee Valley in 1970. He resumed management of his farming interests and served on the board of many educational and cultural organizations. He was a member of the Genesee Valley Hunt and served on the SUNY Geneseo College Council. He was an officer of the National Guard Troop and Chairman of the Board of the former Genesee Valley National Bank and Trust Company.
His hobbies included music and painting. He sang with a nationally known quartet and enjoyed accompanying friends on his guitar or banjo.
A memorial service was held in Geneseo on March 16.
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Lima, Livingston County, New York.
Thursday, March 22, 1984
Genesee Valley Mourns Loss of Ambassador Wadswonth
Ambassador James J. Wadsworth of Geneseo died March 13, 1984, following a long illness. Mr. Wadsworth had served close to 40 years as a legislator, negotiator and diplomat.
A member of the Genesee Valley's most famous family, Ambassador Wadsworth was born June 12, 1905 in Groveland. He was the son of the late Senator James W. Wadsworth and Alice Hay Wadsworth.
In 1927, James J. Wadsworth graduated from Yale and married Harty Tilton. In 1931, he was elected to the New York State Assembly from Livingston County. Following five terms in the Assembly and brief time as an Industrial Relations expert with the airplane division of Curtiss Wright, the Ambassador moved to Washington, D.C. and held a number of federal appointments.
In 1953, President Eisenhower appointed Wadsworth to be Deputy Director of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In 1956, he was instrumental in helping to create the International Atomic Energy Agency.
In 1958, Mr. Wadsworth was appointed U.S. Representative on Disarmament and chaired the U.S. Delegation during the negotiations of the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuation of Nuclear Weapons Tests. In I960 he was appointed to the cabinet position of Chief of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
During the early 1960's, the ambassador was involved in the civilian peace movement as President of the Peace Research Institute and he authored two books.
President Lyndon Johnson appointed Mr. Wadsworth Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission in 1963.
In 1965, Mr. Wadsworth's first wife died and after marrying Mary A. Donaldson he returned to his beloved Genesee Valley in 1970. He resumed management of his farming interests and served on the board of many educational and cultural organizations. He was a member of the Genesee Valley Hunt and served on the SUNY Geneseo College Council. He was an officer of the National Guard Troop and Chairman of the Board of the former Genesee Valley National Bank and Trust Company.
His hobbies included music and painting. He sang with a nationally known quartet and enjoyed accompanying friends on his guitar or banjo.
A memorial service was held in Geneseo on March 16.
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