Charles E. Bohlen

Charles E. Bohlen
United States Ambassador to France
In office
October 27, 1962 – February 9, 1968
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byJames M. Gavin
Succeeded bySargent Shriver
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
In office
June 4, 1957 – October 15, 1959
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byAlbert F. Nufer
Succeeded byJohn D. Hickerson
United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union
In office
April 20, 1953 – April 18, 1957
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byGeorge F. Kennan
Succeeded byLlewellyn E. Thompson
7th and 9th Counselor of the United States Department of State
In office
July 12, 1951 – March 29, 1953
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byGeorge F. Kennan
Succeeded byDouglas MacArthur II
In office
August 1, 1947 – August 3, 1949
PresidentHarry S. Truman
Preceded byBenjamin Victor Cohen
Succeeded byGeorge F. Kennan
Personal details
Born
Charles Eustis Bohlen

(1904-08-30)August 30, 1904
Clayton, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 1, 1974(1974-01-01) (aged 69)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeLaurel Hill Cemetery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SpouseAvis Howard Thayer Bohlen
ChildrenAvis T.
Charles E., Jr.
Celestine E. Bohlen
Alma materHarvard University

Charles "Chip" Eustis Bohlen (August 30, 1904 – January 1, 1974) was an American diplomat, ambassador, and expert on the Soviet Union. He helped shape United States foreign policy during World War II and the Cold War and helped develop the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe.

In 1934, he served as a diplomat in the first US embassy to the Soviet Union in Moscow as well as during and after World War II. He succeeded George F. Kennan as ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1957. He served as ambassador to the Philippines from 1957 to 1959 and to France from 1962 to 1968. He was an advisor to every U.S. President from 1943 to 1968 and one of the nonpartisan foreign policy advisers who were known colloquially as "The Wise Men."