Roscoe Drummond

James Roscoe Drummond (January 13, 1902 – September 30, 1983) was a 20th-century American political journalist, editor, and syndicated Washington columnist, known for his long association with The Christian Science Monitor and 50-year syndicated column "State of the Nation", serving as director of information for the Marshall Plan, and co-founding Freedom House.

Early life James Roscoe Drummond was born on January 13, 1902, in Theresa, New York, to Georgia Estella (née Peppers) and John Henry Drummond. In 1924, he received a Bachelor of Science in journalism from Syracuse University. He was also a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Beta Gamma Sigma and Sigma Delta Chi. he was a member of the board of trustees (1962–67) and served as its vice-chair.

Drummond wrote a political column he wrote for more than 50 years, called "State of the Nation". Syndicated by the Los Angeles Times, the column was carried by 150 newspapers in the U.S. and abroad, and reflected Drummond's Republican point of view. he stopped writing the column in 1981 after the automobile accident. He married Carol around 1978.

In 1981, Drummond was injured in an automotive accident. He died of a heart ailment on September 30, 1983, at the Tenacre Foundation, a Christian Science nursing home in Princeton, New Jersey. He was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Works He was co-author (with Gaston Coblentz) of Duel at the Brink (1960), a book about Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Drummond was writing his memoirs at the time of his death.