Charles Hill (diplomat)

Charles Hill
Charles Hill in 2010
Born
Morton Charles Hill

(1936-04-28)April 28, 1936
DiedMarch 27, 2021(2021-03-27) (aged 84)
Academic background
EducationBrown University (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (JD, MA)
Academic work
DisciplineHumanities
Sub-disciplineDiplomacy
Foreign policy
Leadership studies
Statecraft
InstitutionsHarvard University
Cornell University
Yale University
Hoover Institution
Charles Hill
10th Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
In office
1983–1985
Preceded byL. Paul Bremer
Succeeded byNicholas Platt

Morton Charles Hill (April 28, 1936 – March 27, 2021) was an American diplomat and academic. He served as diplomat-in-residence and lecturer in international studies at Yale University.[1] A career foreign service officer, Hill was a senior adviser to George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, and Ronald Reagan, as well as Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the sixth secretary-general of the United Nations.

At Yale, he taught, along with Paul Kennedy and John Gaddis, the seminar "Studies in Grand Strategy", a rigorous interdisciplinary study of leadership, statecraft and diplomacy. He also taught students enrolled in the directed studies program at Yale.

  1. ^ "Charles Hill". Hoover Institution.