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- Birth nameJames Elmer Akins
- James Akins was born on October 15, 1926 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was married to Marjorie Abbott Akins. He died on July 15, 2010 in Mitchellville, Maryland, USA.
- SpouseMarjorie Abbott Akins(1954 - July 15, 2010) (his death, 2 children)
- He was appointed Director of Fuels and Energy at the State Department to United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in the Fall of 1973 until August 1975.
- He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Abbott Akins; his son, Thomas Akins; his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Akins Colvill; three grandchildren; brothers, Kenneth Akins, and Donovan Akins.
- He joined the Foreign Service in 1954 and was assigned in Italy, France, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, and Baghdad, Iraq before being appointed to the State Department's top energy post in 1968.
- He earned his Bachelor's Degree in 1947 from the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio after he left to serve the United States Navy for two years during World War II.
- Our foreign policy was so pro-Israel that we alienated the Arabs, yet our energy policy, such as it was, made us dependent on Arab oil.
- [on the oil in the Middle East]: The countries could not spend as much money as they were getting for their oil, and realized that oil in the ground is as good as oil in the bank.
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