[[File:Ronald Reagan and James D. Theberge 1982.jpg|thumb|right|300px|James D. Theberge in the [[Oval Office]] with [[Ronald Reagan]], 1982]] '''James Daniel Theberge''' (December 28, 1930 – January 20, 1988)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/Cgh0aGViZXJnZRIFamFtZXM-/|website=ANC Explorer|title=Theberge, James D|accessdate=2021-08-19}}</ref> was a [[United States]] [[ambassador]] to [[Nicaragua]] (1975–1977) and [[Chile]] (1982–1985).<ref>{{Cite news|date=1988-01-24|title=James D. Theberge; Former Ambassador, 56|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/24/obituaries/james-d-theberge-former-ambassador-56.html|access-date=2020-08-08|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Early life and education== He was born in [[Oceanside, New York]], and received a B.A. from [[Columbia University]] in 1952,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=January 1957|title=Columbia College Today|url=https://archive.org/details/ldpd_12981092_004|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-08|website=Internet Archive|language=en}}</ref> an M.A. from [[Oxford University]] in 1960, and did graduate work at [[Heidelberg University]]. He later received an M.P.A. (public administration) from [[Harvard University]] in 1965.<ref name=":1" /> He was a Littauer Fellow at [[Harvard University|Harvard]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=January 23, 1988|title=JAMES THEBERGE, EX-ENVOY TO CHILE, NICARAGUA, DIES|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/01/23/james-theberge-ex-envoy-to-chile-nicaragua-dies/4e9346b6-3adf-4f85-ace3-f824956dce9d/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 8, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
== Career == Theberge served as an economic adviser for the United States Embassy in [[Argentina]] from 1961 to 1964. From 1966 to 1969 he served as senior economist for the [[Inter-American Development Bank]] in Washington. From 1970 to 1975 he was director of the Latin American and Hispanic Studies Center at [[Georgetown University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Collection: James Theberge Papers {{!}} Georgetown University Archival Resources|url=https://findingaids.library.georgetown.edu/repositories/15/resources/10585|access-date=2020-08-08|website=findingaids.library.georgetown.edu}}</ref> He also taught at [[St Antony's College, Oxford]] and [[St Peter's College, Oxford]] as well as universities in [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], and [[California]].<ref name=":2" />
In 1974 and 1975 he was the Latin America project director of the [[Commission on Critical Choices for Americans]].<ref name=":2" /> In 1975, he was appointed Ambassador to [[Nicaragua]] by President [[Gerald Ford]], serving two years. He then served as president of the Institute for Conflict and Policy Studies, a think tank based in [[Washington, D.C.]] from 1977 to 1979 and an adviser to Planning Research Corporation from 1979 to 1981 and adviser to the [[United States Department of Defense]] from 1981 to 1982. President [[Ronald Reagan]] appointed him Ambassador to [[Chile]] in 1982.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Nomination of James Daniel Theberge To Be United States Ambassador to Chile {{!}} The American Presidency Project|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/nomination-james-daniel-theberge-be-united-states-ambassador-chile|access-date=2020-08-08|website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref> He remained in this post for three years.<ref name=":2" />
In 1986, he was appointed to the United States International Narcotics Control Commission by [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Appointment of Three Members of the United States International Narcotics Control Commission {{!}} The American Presidency Project|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-three-members-the-united-states-international-narcotics-control-commission|access-date=2020-08-08|website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref> He was the Chairman of the National Council on Latin America and a senior counselor of the [[Atlantic Council]]. From 1986 through his death in 1988 he was also a member of the Senior Review Panel of the CIA.<ref name=":1" />
He was the author of multiple books, including "Reflections of a Diplomat," published in 1985, "Soviet Presence in Latin America," "Latin America: Struggle for Progress," and "Spain in the '70s.<ref name=":2" />
== Personal life == Theberge died in 1988 after a heart attack on a visit to [[Jamaica]].<ref name=":0" /> He was survived by his wife, Giselle Fages Theberge, and three sons, James Christopher, John Paul, and Alexander Leonard, all of Washington.<ref name=":2" />
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