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]