William Green Miller
William Green Miller | |
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| 2nd United States Ambassador to Ukraine | |
| In office October 21, 1993 – January 6, 1998 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Roman Popadiuk |
| Succeeded by | Steven Pifer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 15, 1931 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | September 23, 2019 (aged 88) Hollin Hills, Virginia, United States |
| Spouse | Suzanne |
| Education | Williams College University of Oxford Harvard University |
| Profession | Diplomat |
William Green Miller (August 15, 1931 - September 23, 2019) was an American scholar and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine under Bill Clinton, from 1993 to 1998.[1]
Education[edit]
He went to college and graduate school at Williams College in 1953, the University of Oxford and Harvard University.[1]
Diplomat[edit]
In 1959, he joined the United States Foreign Service.[1] From 1959 to 1964, he served as a diplomat in Iran.[1] He then worked as a staffer for Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and in the Senate for John Sherman Cooper.[1]
From 1981 to 1983, he served as Associate Dean and Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.[1] In 1986, he was a Research Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics and became President of the American Committee on United States-Soviet Relations.[1] From 1993 to 1998, he served as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine.[1]
He was a Senior Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.[2] He was also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute of Strategic Studies, and the Middle East Institute.[1][3] Further, Miller served as the co-Chairman of the Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America[4] and a Director of The Andrei Sakharov Foundation.[5] He additionally consulted for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.[1]
Miller died on September 23, 2019, in his home in Virginia.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ukraine embassy biography
- ^ Wilson Center webpage
- ^ Council on Foreign Relations roster
- ^ Kyiv Mohyla Foundation gallery
- ^ The Andrei Sakharov Foundation webpage
- ^ Bonner, Brian (2019-09-24). "William Green Miller, second US ambassador to independent Ukraine, dies at age 88". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
External links[edit]
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- William G. Miller papers at Williams College Archives & Special Collections
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