- SURNAME
Hilsman
- FORENAME
Roger,Jr
- UNIT
3 Bn (HQ Company)
- RANK
First Lieutenant
- NUMBER
0-25899
- AWARD
Bronze Star,Purple Heart
- PLACE
Burma 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from San Antonio,Texas
born 23.11.1919 Waco,Texas
son of Roger and Emma (nee Prendergast) Hilsman
attended public school,Minneapolis,Minnesota
graduated Sacramento High School,California 1937
attended Millard's Preparatory School,Washington,D.C. (1 year)
graduated USMA,West Point 1943 (BS) (Second Lieutenant)
Merrills Marauders 1944
WIA 5.6.1944 near Myitkyina,Burma
OSS Det 101 (Manchuria) 1945 (Captain)
award oak leaf cluster to Bronze Star
Assist Chief of Far East Intelligence Operations,OSS 1945-46
Central Intelligence Group 1946
CIA 1946-47
graduated Yale University 1950 and 1951 (PhD)
Joint American Military Advance Group,London 1950-52 (Major)
International Policies Division,US European Command,Frankfurt,Germany 1952-53
resigned from US Army 1953
lecturer in international politics,Center of International Studies,Princeton University 1953-56
lecturer,Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research,John Hopkins University 1957-61
Chief of Foreign Affairs Division,Congressional Research Service,Librarary of Congress 1956-58
Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Division,Library of Congress 1958-61
Director of Bureau of Intelligence and Research,State Department February 1961 - 1963
Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs April 1963-64 (Kennedy Administration)
Professor of Political Science,Columbia University,New York 1964-90
married Eleanor Willis Hoyt 1946 (2 daughters Amy and Sarah,2 sons Hoyt and Ashby)
last residence Ithaca,New York
died 23.2.2014 Ithaca,New York
Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia
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