James M. Wilson Jr.

James M. Wilson Jr.
1st Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
In office
November 29, 1976  April 28, 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPatricia M. Derian
Personal details
Born(1918-07-08)July 8, 1918
Mokansan, China
DiedNovember 15, 2009(2009-11-15) (aged 91)
Washington, D.C., US
EducationSwarthmore College,
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy,
Harvard Law School

James Morrison Wilson Jr. (July 8, 1918 – November 15, 2009) was an official in the United States Department of State who launched the State Department's annual country reports on human rights in 1975, and who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1975 to 1977.