| James Baar | |
| Birth Date: | 9 February 1929 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Union College |
| Spouse: | Beverly |
James Baar (February 9, 1929 – October 3, 2021) was an American author, international corporate communications consultant, corporate communications software developer, blogger, former business executive, journalist and sometime college lecturer.
His latest books include "Conversations at the Redwood: The Portraits Speak" (historical fiction), "A King for America" (political satire) and "But Wait! There’s More! [maybe]," a book on the advertising agency business’ Golden Age and current chaos.
Born in New York City, Baar graduated from Union College in 1949 where he majored in philosophy. Baar began his newspaper career on The Record in Troy, New York, where he "specialized in reporting obits, church notices and the occasional arson." He graduated to the United Press and subsequently was a reporter and editor in the UPI Washington Bureau and Senior Editor of Missiles & Rockets Magazine.
In his later business career, Baar has been Chief Operating Officer in four major public relations agencies: Hill & Knowlton Advanced Technology, Gray-Strayton, Creamer Dickson Basford and Lewis & Gilman. He also was Corporate Communications Officer of Computervision, Managing Director of General Electric’s European Communications Operation and manager of various GE PR operations in the United States.
He and his wife, Beverly, lived in Providence, Rhode Island. Baar died on October 3, 2021, in Providence, Rhode Island.[1]