Diplomat Jim Patterson and Termination of Executive Order 9066

                                                    Diplomat and 1976 President Ford Convention Staffer Jim Patterson                                                     at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum,                                                                                             Grand Rapids, Michigan.

On Feb. 19, 1942, during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order (E.O.) 9066, which authorized the creation of U.S. military areas "from which any or all persons may be excluded"; the order was used mostly to relocate and intern people of Japanese ancestry, including American-born citizens, although fewer numbers of people of German and Italian backgrounds were also singled out.

On February 19, 1976, President Gerald R. Ford, calling issuance of Executive Order (E.O.) 9066 in 1942 "a sad day in American history," signed a proclamation formally confirming its termination.

February 19, 2017

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Jim Patterson worked for the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Campaign in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Washington DC and Kansas City, MO. Speaking availability JEPDiplomat@gmail.com

Jim Patterson is a life member of the American Foreign Service Association, contributor to Foreign Service Journal, TheHill.com, and member of the Indiana and California State Societies. His work has appeared in Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Examiner, Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser, and Agricultural History among others. 

Mr. James Patterson’s professional activities:

Life Member American Foreign Service Association

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

Member Friend Israeli Defense Forces

Member America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)

Associate Member Korean War Veterans Association

Life Member Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America

Member, US Philippines Society

Member Indiana State Society

National Book Critics Circle, Voting Member

Life Member Republican National Committee

Member California Republican Party

Donor Helen Keller International

Contributor TheHill.com

Contributor Foreign Service Journal

Contributor Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser

Member, Computer History Museum

National Active and Retired Federal Employees

Alumni Fraternity of Alpha Zeta

Life Member Auburn University Alumni Association

Donor International Student House (Washington DC)

Donor Fredonia (AL) Rosenwald School Historic Preservation

Member, Aldo Leopold Foundation

Friend President Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation

Life Member Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (Fremont, California) Soft Diplomacy of Film 

Board Member Dorothy and Lillian Gish Theater Bowling Green State University Soft Diplomacy Project 

Member and Contributor Agricultural History Society
Friend of New York Public Library