James Franklin Collins
| James F. Collins | |
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| United States Ambassador to Russia | |
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In office 1997–2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Thomas R. Pickering |
| Succeeded by | Alexander R. Vershbow |
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| Born |
June 4, 1939 Aurora, Illinois |
| Alma mater | Harvard University; Indiana University |
James Franklin Collins (born June 4, 1939) is a former United States Ambassador to Russia. A career Foreign Service Officer in the State Department, he is a Russian specialist.
Collins graduated from Harvard University cum laude in 1961 and earned a master's degree in history and Certificate from the Russian and East European Institute from Indiana University in 1964. He studied at Moscow State University and conducted archival research during 1965-66 as an exchange student in the history faculty and conducted research at the British Museum in 1966 as an Indiana University fellow. He became a professor at the United States Naval Academy in 1967 where he taught Russian and European history, American government and economics.
After joining the Foreign Service in 1969, he served at the Consulate General in Izmir, Turkey 1969 to 1971. He was appointed as Second Secretary at the American Embassy Moscow 1973-75, and Political Counselor at the American Embassy in Amman, Jordan 1982 to 1984.
At the State Department in Washington he held positions of Deputy Executive Secretary for Europe and Latin America; Director of the Department of State's Operations Center; and policy positions in the Bureaus of European and Canadian Affairs, Near East and South Asian Affairs, and Intelligence and Research. In the years 1987 to 1988, he served as a staff member of the National Security Council as Director for Intelligence Policy.
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