Martin J. Hillenbrand

Martin Joseph Anthony Hillenbrand ( born August 1, 1915 in Youngstown, Ohio; † 2 February 2005 in Athens, Georgia ) was an American diplomat and, among others, 1972-1976, United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany as well as many years of Germany - expert at the U.S. State Department.

Life

After schooling Hillenbrand studied at the University of Dayton and received in 1937 a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then continued his studies at Columbia University and went after the Master of Arts (MA) in 1938 in the diplomatic service. After use as a Vice Consul in Rangoon 1940-1942, he was then vice-consul in Calcutta and then from 1944 to 1945 in Lourenço Marques. While working as a Foreign Service Officer ( FSO ) in Bremen from 1945 to 1949, he earned a 1948 Philosophiae Doctor ( Ph.D.) at Columbia University and was then 1949-1950 as a guest scholar in Economics at Harvard University working.

He worked as on-duty officer ( Officer -in- Charge) for government and administration of Germany in the U.S. State Department before he followed until 1954 for Economic Affairs was secretary from 1952 to 1953 only consul and first at the United States Embassy in France. He subsequently moved in 1954 as Consul and First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the United States to NATO, before he was from 1956 to 1958 political officer at the mission in Berlin. After another short use as Consul General in Berlin, he was 1958-1962 Director of the Bureau for German Affairs in the U.S. State Department.

He then returned to the Federal Republic of Germany and was April-May 1963 Ambassador ad interim, and then from 1963 to 1967 representatives of George C. McGhee, the former U.S. ambassador to Bonn. In his role as chargé he spoke on January 31, 1964 before the Secretary of State in the Foreign Office, Karl Carstens and inquired about a Bundeswehr participation in a composite from NATO countries peacekeeping force for Cyprus. 1967 was his accreditation as ambassador to Hungary, before he was after his return to the United States between February 1969 and April 1972 as the successor of John M. Leddy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs at the State Department.

In June 1972, Hillenbrand returned again returned to Germany and was during the tenure of Chancellor Willy Brandt and Helmut Schmidt to October 1976 Ambassador in Bonn. In 1973 he was guest of honor at Bremer Schaffer meal. During the Lockheed scandal of employees at Lockheed lobbyist Christian Steinrücke warned him in October 1975 not to investigate the backgrounds of the Starfighter procurement, as this could cause difficulties for Franz Josef Strauss himself. Most recently, he opened an exhibition with the theme of Hesse and the American Revolution in 1776 during the day Hesse 1976.

After completing his tenure there, he was 1976-1982 Director General of the Atlantic Institute for International Affairs. Then acted Hillenbrand, who also worked for the Council on Foreign Relations, a professor of international relations at the University of Georgia and taught there until 1987.

Publications

Hillenbrand published some partly autobiographical books that dealt with economic matters, but also with Germany. Among his most famous publications include:

• Power and Morals (1949 )
• The Future of Berlin ( 1980), dt The future of Berlin (as ed.), Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt am Main 1981
• Global Insecurity: A Strategy for Energy and Economic Renewal (1980, co-author Daniel Yergin )
• Germany in an Era of Transition (1983 )
• Fragments of Our Time: Memoirs of a Diplomat (1998)