Hall of Honor Recipient
U.S. Representative from Iowas First District
since 1976, James Leach is a ranking member of the subcommittee on
international development, finance, trade and monetary policy. He is
also a ranking member of the subcommittee on Asian and Pacific affairs
and the subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East. He was a
foreign service officer assigned to the Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency, a delegate to the United Nationals General Assembly, and a
delegate to the Geneva Disarmament Conference. He has served on
the U.S. Advisory Commission on International Education and Cultural
Affairs and was special assistant to Donald Rumsfeld, director of the
Office of Economic Opportunity. Leach received his undergraduate
degree from Princeton University and his masters in Soviet
politics at Johns Hopkins University. While at Davenport High, he was
1960 state wrestling champion in his weight division.