Robert Hopkins Miller

Robert Hopkins Miller
7th United States Ambassador to Malaysia
In office
May 26, 1977  March 8, 1980
President Gerald Ford
Preceded by Francis T. Underhill, Jr.
Succeeded by Barbara M. Watson
9th United States Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire
In office
November 8, 1983  August 3, 1986
President Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Nancy V. Rawls
Succeeded by Dennis Kux
Personal details
Born September 8, 1927
Port Angeles, Washington
Occupation Foreign Service officer

Robert Hopkins Miller (born September 8, 1927 in Port Angeles, Washington) was a career Foreign Service officer. Educated at Stanford University and Harvard University,[1] he served in Europe, Southeast Asia, and West Africa. His experience in Southeast Asia includes 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 US 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).[2][3] He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.[4] Ambassador 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, DC.[3]

References

  1. http://www.nndb.com/people/219/000119859/
  2. "Vietnam and Beyond A Diplomat's Cold War Education". Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  3. 1 2 Miller, Robert Hopkins (1990). "The author". The United States and Vietnam, 1787-1941. Washington, DC: National Defense University Press. p. 324. OCLC 90013317. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  4. "Member List". American Academy of Diplomacy. Retrieved 26 June 2011.


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