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James I. Gadsden

1948–

United States

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James Irvin Gadsden (born March 12, 1948) is an American former diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Iceland. Gadsden graduated from Harvard University (1970, cum laude) with a B.A. in Economics, MA in East Asian Studies, from Stanford University (1972), and Princeton University (1984) with a Scholar in Economics. He entered the Foreign Service in 1972 and became a career member of the Senior Foreign Service.

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