Robert Hopkins Miller (September 8, 1927 – September 11, 2017)[1] was a career Foreign Service officer and diplotmat.
Robert Hopkins Miller | |
|---|---|
| 7th United States Ambassador to Malaysia | |
| In office May 26, 1977 – March 8, 1980 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Francis T. Underhill Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Barbara M. Watson |
| 9th United States Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire | |
| In office November 8, 1983 – August 3, 1986 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Nancy V. Rawls |
| Succeeded by | Dennis Kux |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 8, 1927 Port Angeles, Washington |
| Died | September 11, 2017 (aged 90) |
| Relatives | Keith Miller (brother) |
| Occupation | Foreign Service officer |
Miller was born in Port Angeles, Washington. He studied at Stanford University and Harvard University and joined the foreign service in 1951.[2] He served in Europe, Southeast Asia, and West Africa. His experience in Southeast Asia included service as First Secretary in the American Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam (1962–65); as Director of the Vietnam Working Group, Department of State (1965–67); as Senior Adviser to the American delegation at the Paris peace talks on Vietnam (1968–71); as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs with responsibility for Southeast Asia (1974–77); and as United States Ambassador to Malaysia (1977–80) and to Côte d'Ivoire (1983–86).[3][4] He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.[5] Miller served as Vice President of the National Defense University from 1986 to 1989. In 1990, he was Diplomat-in-Residence at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Robert Miller". The Washington Post. September 15, 2017.
- ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ROBERT H. MILLER" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 23 May 1990. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Vietnam and Beyond A Diplomat's Cold War Education". Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ a b Miller, Robert Hopkins (1990). "The author". The United States and Vietnam, 1787-1941. Washington, DC: National Defense University Press. p. 324. OCLC 90013317. Retrieved June 20, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Member List". American Academy of Diplomacy. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
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