James Creagan
Male, Person
1940 –
Who is James Creagan?
James F. Creagan is a United States diplomat.
Creagan was born James Francis Creagan in Elyria, Ohio in 1940 and grew up on the shores of Lake Erie in nearby Lorain. He is a 1962 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. Creagan is married to Gwyn Jonsson Creagan of Texas. They are residents of San Antonio, Texas and have two sons.
Ambassador Creagan has taught political science at several universities, including Texas A&M University. Creagan speaks Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. He was previously president of John Cabot University in Rome. He currently directs the Center for International Studies at the University of the Incarnate Word, where he is Amy Lee Freeman Chair of Humanities and teaches courses for the Government and International Affairs Department.
A career diplomat with over thirty years of experience, Creagan began his career as a Consul in Naples, Italy. He served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Italy before arriving in Honduras. He has also served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy to the Holy See, the Consul General in São Paulo, Brazil and the Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Brasília. Other assignments include serving as the Political Counselor at the American Embassy in Lisbon and as a political and labor officer in U.S. Embassies in Lima, Mexico, San Salvador and Rome.
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- Born
- 1940
United States of America - Education
- University of Virginia
- University of Notre Dame
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on July 23, 2013
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