James L. Stewart
James Lanius Stewart (d. 2006) was a famous American "Asia hand" who, according to San Francisco Chronicle, went from being a 'newsman in China to anti-communist propagandist, to U.S. diplomat and to seminal figure in the founding of the San Francisco-based Asia Foundation. In his later years, he was a respected cultural emissary as the foundation's Japan representative.' He established 12 of the CIA linked foundation's 18 offices in Asia.
Affiliations
- Asia Foundation
- U.S. Office of War Information - chief of psychological warfare for the China theater (1942)
- United States Information Service - Resident director (Korea)
- Committee for Free Asia
- CIA
- International House of Japan
- Ishizaka Foundation
- English Language Education Council
- Asian Cultural Center for UNESCO
- World Bank - Consultant
