Robert Hopkins Miller Explained

Robert Hopkins Miller
Order:7th
Ambassador From:United States
Country:Malaysia
Term Start:May 26, 1977
Term End:March 8, 1980
President:Jimmy Carter
Predecessor:Francis T. Underhill Jr.
Successor:Barbara M. Watson
Order2:9th
Ambassador From2:United States
Country2:Côte d'Ivoire
Term Start2:November 8, 1983
Term End2:August 3, 1986
President2:Ronald Reagan
Predecessor2:Nancy V. Rawls
Successor2:Dennis Kux
Birth Date:8 September 1927
Birth Place:Port Angeles, Washington
Occupation:Foreign Service officer

Robert Hopkins Miller (September 8, 1927 – September 11, 2017)[1] was a career Foreign Service officer and diplotmat.

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Robert Miller. The Washington Post. September 15, 2017.
  2. Web site: 23 May 1990 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ROBERT H. MILLER . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240629021740/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Miller,%20Robert%20H.toc.pdf . 29 June 2024 . 29 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
  3. Web site: Vietnam and Beyond A Diplomat's Cold War Education. Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 26 April 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722084324/http://www.adst.org/books/miller%20bk.htm. 22 July 2011.
  4. Book: Miller, Robert Hopkins . The United States and Vietnam, 1787-1941 . 1990 . National Defense University Press . Washington, DC . 90013317 . 324 . The author . http://digitalndulibrary.ndu.edu/u?/ndupress,35660 . June 20, 2012 .
  5. Web site: Member List. American Academy of Diplomacy. 26 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130928080150/http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/members/list.html. 28 September 2013.