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

Related Articles

• Charles Burress, "James L. Stewart -- longtime liaison to Asia", The San Francisco Chronicle, January 29, 2006