James Baar (February 9, 1929 – October 3, 2021) was an 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! aybe" a book on the advertising agency business’ Golden Age and current chaos.

Early life and career

Born in New York City, Baar graduated from

Union College (New York) Union College is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, ...

in 1949 where he majored in philosophy. Baar began his newspaper career on The Record in

Troy, New York Troy is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Rensselaer County. The city is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany a ...

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.

Personal life

He and his wife, Beverly, live in

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...

. Baar died on October 3, 2021 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Published works

*Polaris! (with William E Howard), 1960, *Combat Missileman (with William E Howard), 1961, ASIN #B0007DWQD4 *Spacecraft & Missiles of the World 1962 (with William E. Howard), ASN #B0000EGOMB *The Great Free Enterprise Gambit, 1980, *The Careful Voters Dictionary of Language Pollution (Understanding Willietalk and Other Spinspeak), 1999, *Spinspeak II: The Dictionary of Language Pollution, 2004, *Ultimate Severance, 2005, *But Wait! There's More (maybe) (with Donald E. Creamer), 2008, *The Real Thing and Other Tales, 2011, *A King for America (novella), 2013 ASIN-B00C7875C6 *Trump Card: Holding America's Enemies at Bay (with William E. Howard), *Conversations at the Redwood: The Portraits Speak, 2018,

References

"Memo from the Publisher: James Baar, our editor of military affairs...", ''Missiles and Rockets Magazine'', Washington, DC, August 1961 {{DEFAULTSORT:Baar, James 1929 births 2021 deaths American bloggers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Union College (New York) alumni Businesspeople from New York City Businesspeople from Providence, Rhode Island American male novelists 21st-century American novelists Writers from Providence, Rhode Island 21st-century American male writers Novelists from New York (state) American male bloggers