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James Russell Wiggins
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James Russell Wiggins (December 4, 1903 in Luverne, Minnesota – November 19, 2000 in Brooklin, Maine) was the managing editor of The Washington Post from 1947 to 1966. He was president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1959-60. James served as United States ambassador to the United Nations from 1968 to 1969 during the Lyndon Johnson presidency. In 1969 Wiggins received a LL.D. from Bates College. He received the prestigious Eugene Cervi Award from the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors in 1987, when he was publisher of the Ellsworth (Maine) American.
| Preceded by George Ball |
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations 1968–1969 |
Succeeded by Charles W. Yost |
| United States Ambassadors to the United Nations |  ↓ |
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| Stettinius • Johnson* • Austin • Lodge • Wadsworth • Stevenson • Goldberg • Ball • Wiggins • Yost • Bush • Scali • Moynihan • Scranton • Young • McHenry • Kirkpatrick • Walters • Pickering • Perkins • Albright • Richardson • Burleigh* • Holbrooke • Cunningham* • Negroponte • Danforth • Patterson* • Bolton • Wolff* *denotes acting |
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