James L. Greenfield

James Lloyd Greenfield (July 16, 1924 – May 19, 2024) was an American journalist and government official. He served as the United States deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 1962 to 1964, and then United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 1964 to 1966. Latterly Greenfield worked in media, and was one of the editors of the New York Times who decided to publish the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

Early life and education James Lloyd Greenfield was born on July 16, 1924 in Cleveland. He attended high school at Cleveland Heights High School, graduating in 1942. He then went on to receive a B.A. from Harvard College.

Career After college, Greenfield became a foreign correspondent for Time, with postings in Asia, Europe and Washington. for which the New York Times won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. IJF is a nonprofit organization that operates centers and related training programs for the media in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. Beginning in the 1950s, she was an art and antiques dealer in London, Washington D.C., and finally New York, where until 1998 she owned and ran Marco Polo, a store located on Madison Avenue between E. 84th and E. 85th Streets in Manhattan. He died from kidney failure in Washington, Connecticut, on May 19, 2024, at the age of 99.