James Irvin Gadsden (born March 12, 1948) is an American diplomat and former U.S.
Ambassador to Iceland.
He was born on March 12, 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Gadsden graduated from Harvard University (1970, cum laude) with a B.A.
in Economics, MA in East Asian Studies, from Stanford University (1972), and Princeton University (1984) with a Scholar in Economics.
He entered the Foreign Service in 1972 and is now a career member of the Senior Foreign Service.