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James Ingram AO
James Ingram AO
Born	James Charles Ingram; 27 February 1928 (age 96); Warragul, Victoria (Australia)
Nationality	Australian
Occupation(s)	Public servant, diplomat
Spouse	Odette Koven (m. 1950)

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James Charles Ingram AO (born 27 February 1928) is a former Australian diplomat, philantropist and author whose career culminated in his post as the eighth Executive Director of the World Food Programme.^[1]

Education

Ingram was born in Warragul, a town in Victoria to the south-east of Melbourne. He studied in high school at De La Salle College in Malvern in Melbourne, and later graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and political sciences. He undertook postgraduate studies at the Australian National University in Canberra.

Career

James Ingram was Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) from 1982-1992 with the personal rank of UN Under Secretary General. Before he took up his post in the WFP, he was chief executive officer of the Australian Development Assistance Agency (ADAA) from 1977 to 1982.

Ingram began his diplomatic career with the then Australian Department of External Affairs in 1946. He served as a diplomat in Tel Aviv, Washington DC and Jakarta, and at the United Nations. He was later appointed as Australian ambassador to the Philippines (197-73) and then High Commissioner to Canada and the Caribbean (1973–74). Ingram then returned to Australia to take up a position in ADAA and then to become the chief executive officer of ADAA in 1977. A summary of positions held by Ingram is as follows:

1946-1970: Career Australian diplomat serving at Australian embassies in Tel Aviv, Washington DC, Brussels, Jakarta, and the Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York.
1970-1973: Australian ambassador to the Philippines
1973-1974: Australian High Commissioner to Canada and concurrently High Commissioner to several Caribbean nations (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados and the Bahamas.
1975-1976: First Assistant Secretary, Australian Development Assistance Agency (ADAA) in Canberra.
1976-1982: Chief executive, ADAA, Canberra.
1982-1992: Executive Director, UN World Food Programme, Rome.

Honoours and awards

1984: Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).
1989: Joyce Pearce Memorial Lecture, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.
1992: Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Award, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
2000: Inaugural Food for Life Award, United Nations World Food Programme, Rome, Italy.
2010: Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), Canberra.

Publications

Articles

'Food and disaster relief: Issues of management and policy'. 1988. Jour of Disaster Studies and Management, 12 (1).
'Sustaining refugees' human dignity: International responsibility and practical reality'. 1989. Jour of Refugee Studies, 2 (3).
'The role of multilateral organisations: The African experience'. 1991. Outlook on Agriculture, 20 (4).
'The future architecture of international humanitarian assistance'. 1993. In Larry Minear and Thomas Weiss (eds.), Humanitarianism Across Borders, Boulder and London: Lynne Reinner.
'International humanitarian assistance'. 1993. Working Paper No. 138, Peace Research Centre, Australian National University.
'Development assistance and social change'. 1993. In Laksiri Jayasuriya and Michael Lee (eds.), Social Dimensions of Development, Bentley, W.A.: Paradigm Books.
'The international response to humanitarian emergencies. 1994. In Kevin Clements and Robin Ward (eds.), Building International Community: Cooperating for Peace, St. Leonards, Sydney: Allen and Unwin.
'Development and the politics of aid'. 1994. Australian Retrospective on Aid, Australian National University.
'Feeding a more crowded, warmer and interdependent world: An enduring challenge for the United Nations'. 1995. Melbourne University Law Review, 20 (1).
'Re-thinking the future architecture for international humanitarian assistance'. 1997. In Nassrine Azimi (ed.), Humanitarian Action and Peace-keeping Operations, London, The Hague and Boston: Kluwer International Law.

Books

Bread and Stones: Leadership and the Struggle to Reform the United Nations World Food Programme. Charleston, South Carolina, USA: BookSurge. 2007. ISBN 1-4196-2595-0.

References

^ Schindler, Sebastian (March 2015), Reinalda, Bob; Kille, Kent J.; Eisenberg, Jaci (eds.), "INGRAM, James Charles, Australian diplomat and eighth Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) 1982-1992", IO BIO, Biographical Dictionary of Secretaries-General of International Organizations, Radboud Universiteit

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Francis Hamilton Stuart	Australian Ambassador to the Philippines 1970 – 1973	Succeeded by Peter Henderson
Preceded by David McNicol	Australian High Commissioner to Canada 1973 – 1975	Succeeded by Max Loveday
New title Position established	Australian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago 1973 - 1974	Succeeded by John Hoyle
Preceded by Juan Felipe Yriart (acting)	Executive Director of the World Food Programme 1982 – 1992	Succeeded by Catherine Bertini

External links

wfp.org: James Ingram – profile on World Food Programme website

[1] Schindler, Sebastian (March 2015), Reinalda, Bob; Kille, Kent J.; Eisenberg, Jaci (eds.), "INGRAM, James Charles, Australian diplomat and eighth Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) 1982-1992", IO BIO, Biographical Dictionary of Secretaries-General of International Organizations, Radboud Universiteit

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 James Ingram was Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) from 1982-1992 with the personal rank of UN Under Secretary General.  Before he took up his post in the WFP, he was chief executive officer of the Australian Development Assistance Agency (ADAA) from 1977 to 1982.
-Ingram began his diplomatic career with the then Australian [[Department of External Affairs (1921-70)|Department of External Affairs]] in 1946.  He served as a diplomat in Tel Aviv, Washington DC and Jakarta, and at the United Nations. He was later appointed as Australian ambassador to the Philippines (197-73) and then High Commissioner to Canada and the Caribbean (1973-74).  Ingram then returned to Australia to take up a position in ADAA and then to become the chief executive officer of ADAA in 1977.  A summary of positions held by Ingram is as follows:
+Ingram began his diplomatic career with the then Australian [[Department of External Affairs (1921-70)|Department of External Affairs]] in 1946.  He served as a diplomat in Tel Aviv, Washington DC and Jakarta, and at the United Nations. He was later appointed as Australian ambassador to the Philippines (197-73) and then High Commissioner to Canada and the Caribbean (1973–74).  Ingram then returned to Australia to take up a position in ADAA and then to become the chief executive officer of ADAA in 1977.  A summary of positions held by Ingram is as follows:
 * 1946-1970: Career Australian diplomat serving at Australian embassies in Tel Aviv, Washington DC, Brussels, Jakarta, and the Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York.
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 * 'Development and the politics of aid'. 1994. Australian Retrospective on Aid, Australian National University.
 * 'Feeding a more crowded, warmer and interdependent world: An enduring challenge for the United Nations'. 1995. ''Melbourne University Law Review'', 20 (1).
 * 'Re-thinking the future architecture for international humanitarian assistance'. 1997. In Nassrine Azimi (ed.), ''Humanitarian Action and Peace-keeping Operations'', London, The Hague and Boston: Kluwer International Law.
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