James F. Twaddell ’61

James F. Twaddell ’61, of Providence; July 17. He was a Foreign Service officer assigned to the GATT Kennedy Round trade negotiations in Switzerland. After six years, he returned to Washington and joined the office of Sen. Claiborne Pell. By 1969, he moved to Rhode Island and joined Kidder Peabody securities firm and ran an unsuccessful bid for a state senate seat. By 1972 he was chairman of Barclay Investments, a regional brokerage firm, and soon after became chairman of NIBA, an investment banker’s association. He enjoyed salmon fishing in the Canadian rivers of Quebec. He is survived by his wife, Marlene Marx Twaddell ’72 MAT; two daughters; a son, Justin ’90; seven grandchildren; and brothers Bill ’63 and Steve ’57.