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][2]
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 |
Education
editHe went to college and graduate school at Williams College in 1953, the University of Oxford and Harvard University.[1]
Diplomat
editIn 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.[3] He was also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute of Strategic Studies, and the Middle East Institute.[1][4] Further, Miller served as the co-Chairman of the Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America[5] and a Director of The Andrei Sakharov Foundation.[6] He additionally consulted for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.[1]
Miller died on September 23, 2019, in his home in Virginia.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ukraine embassy biography
- ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR WILLIAM GREEN MILLER" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 10 February 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ 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