James William Creasman
7 May 1914
bornDucktown, Tennessee, USA
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BiographyHe went to Miami, Arizona, in 1918. Graduated from Mesa High School in 1931, and from Arizona State Teachers College in 1935. He was student body president in his senior year. He Taught at Gilbert High School for one year. In 1936, he was hired by KTAR radio station as production manager under Howard Pyle. In 1942, he joined the staff of the Office of the Coordinator of Interamerican Affairs, directed by Nelson Rockefeller in New York City, where he specialized in producing radio broadcasts in Spanish and Portugese, which were transmitted to Latin America. His biggest radio audience was for his nightly news broadcast, "World in Review," transmitted to Asia, Europe,and South America. In 1943 he was called to service with the 42nd Rainbow Infantry Division in Europe. He went into the Army as a private and was given a commission overseas as a second lieutenant, serving onthe 42nd Infantry staff as Information and Education Officer, where he supervised the education program for 15,000 occupation troops. His work in troop education and as a reporter was recognized at the end of the war when he was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious war service. In 1946 he became Executive Producer of the Latin American Service of the Voice of America in New York City. A year later he returned to Tempe and a
post as Executive Director of the Alumni Association of Arizona State College. In 1952 he was director of the fund drive that raised $400,000 toward the construction of the Memorial Union Building. In 1964 the University assigned him as Chief of Party and Project Director
for a Peace Corps contract in Mato Grosso, Brazil, where he supervised the work of 113 Peace Corps Volunteers in public health education and agriculture extension for 27 months. Upon his return, he became Director of University Relations. He was a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity Board of Phoenix, president of the Central Arizona Peace Corps Service Council, and a reserve officer with the 59th Infantry Battalion of Phoenix and a major in the Retired Reserve.
Lived at 101 E 15th St in Tempe.
BIO-Creasman
Hopkins and Thomas, The ASU Story, pp. 219, 243
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