James C. Humes
James C. Humes
Biography
10/31/1934 - 08/21/2020
HUMES, James C., a Representative from Lycoming County; born in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa., October 31, 1934; graduated, Hill School, 1952; B.A., Williams College; LL.B., George Washington University; professor; lawyer; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1962 and served 1 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1964); executive director, Philadelphia Bar Association (1966-1969); speechwriter, Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan; director, Office of Policy and Plans, State Department of the United States; communications advisor, DuPont; advisor, IBM; professor, Language and Leadership, University of Southern Colorado (now Colorado State University) (1999-2004); contributor, The Pueblo Chieftain; died, August 21, 2020 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Humes, James C. Sweet Dream: Tales of a River City. Williamsport, PA: Williamsport Centennial, 1966.
Humes, James C. Instant Eloquence: A Lazy Man’s Guide to Public Speaking. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.
Humes, James C. Podium Humor: A Raconteur’s Treasury of Witty and Humorous Stories. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.
Humes, James C. Roles Speakers Play: How to Prepare a Speech for Any Occasion. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
Humes, James C. How to Get Invited to the White House: And Over One Hundred Impressive Gambits, Foxy Face-Savers, and Clever Maneuvers. New York: Crowell, 1977.
Humes, James C. How to Be a Very Important Person. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979.
Humes, James C. Churchill: Speaker of the Century. New York: Stein and Day, 1980.
Humes, James C. Talk Your Way to the Top. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980.
Humes, James C. Speaker’s Treasury of Anecdotes about the Famous. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.
Humes, James C. Instant Eloquence: Public Speaking Made Easy. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1985.
Humes, James C. Standing Ovation: How to Be an Effective Speaker and Communicator. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.
Humes, James C. The Language of Leadership: Sir Winston Churchill’s Five Secrets of Public Speaking and Leadership. New York: Morrow, 1991.
Humes, James C. The Ben Franklin Factor: Selling One-to-One. New York: Morrow, 1992.
Humes, James C. My Fellow Americans: Presidential Addresses that Shaped History. New York: Praeger, 1992.
Humes, James C. Citizen Shakespeare: A Social and Political Portrait. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993.
Humes, James C. More Podium Humor: Using Wit and Humor in Every Speech You Make. New York: Harper Perennial, 1993.
Humes, James C. The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill: A Treasury of More than 1,000 Quotations and Anecdotes. New York: Harper Collins, 1994.
Humes, James C. The House of Humes: The Pilgrimage of a Family: Fifty Generations from the Fifth through the Twentieth Century. Philadelphia: J.C. Humes, 1994.
Humes, James C. The Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: A Treasury of More than 1900 Quotations and Anecdotes. New York: Harper Collins, 1995.
Humes, James C. The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of More than 650 Quotations and Anecdotes. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
Humes, James C. Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter: Five Presidents and Other Political Adventures. Washington, DC: Regnery Publications, 1997.
Humes, James C. Nixon’s Ten Commandments of Leadership and Negotiation: His Guiding Principles of Statecraft. New York: Scribner, 1998.
Humes, James C. Eisenhower and Churchill: The Partnership that Saved the World. Roseville, CA: Forum, 2001.
Humes, James C. Classic Podium Humor: Using Wit and Humor in Every Speech You Make. Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 2002.
Humes, James C. Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History’s Greatest Speakers. Roseville, CA: Prima Publications, 2002.
Humes, James C. Which President Killed a Man? Tantalizing Trivia and Fun Facts about our Chief Executives and First Ladies. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 2002.
Humes, James C. Winston Churchill: A Biography. New York: DK Publications, 2003.
Humes, James C. The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan. Washington, DC: Regnery Publications, 2007.
Humes, James C. Soul Shakers: Inspiring Stories from a Presidential Speechwriter. Nashville: Dimensions for Living, 2007.
Humes, James C. The Wit and Wisdom of FDR. New York: Harper Perennial, 2008.
Humes, James C. and Jarvis D. Ryals. Only Nixon: His Trip to China Revisited and Restudied. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2009.
Humes, James C. The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes and Observations. Nashville: Beckon Books, 2009.
Humes, James C. The Reagan Persuasion: Charm, Inspire, and Deliver a Winning Message. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2010.
Humes, James C. The Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes and Observations. Nashville: Beckon Books/FRP Books, 2010.
Humes, James C. Churchill: The Prophetic Statesman. Washington, DC: Regnery History, 2012.