Hilsman, Roger, 1919-2014

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Hilsman, Roger, 1919-2014

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Bio: Roger Hilsman (b. November 23, 1919, Waco, Texas-d. February 23, 2014, Ithaca, New York), foreign policy adviser, government official. He received his B.S. at the U.S. Military Academy in 1943, and served in the U.S. Army. In 1950, Hilsman received an M.A., from Yale University, then his Ph.D. in 1951. For the next two years, he served on the Joint American Military Advisory Group, London. From 1952 to 1953, Hilsman was stationed in the International Politics Branch, U.S. European Command Headquarters. He then returned to the United States, where he worked at the Center for International Studies, Princeton (1953-1954), Woodrow Wilson School (1954-1955), Foreign Affairs Division, Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress (1956-1958), Washington Center for Foreign Policy Research, School of Advanced International Studies (1957-1961), and Woodrow Wilson School and Lecturer in International Relations, Columbia University (1958). In 1961, Hilsman became the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research [INR] at the Department of State, serving until 1963. In 1963, Hilsman assumed the role of Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs [FE], serving until 1964. As Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, Hilsman was responsible for the conduct of foreign relations in that particular area of the world. The bureau itself is divided into the Office of East Asian Affairs, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs and the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs. Hilsman returned to academia in 1964, when he joined Columbia University as Professor of the Institute of War and Peace Studies.

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LBJ Connection: Director of Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, 1961-1963; Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, 1963-1964