William G. Hyland

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William G. Hyland
United States Deputy National Security Advisor
In office
November 3, 1975 – January 20, 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Gerald Ford
Preceded byBrent Scowcroft
Succeeded byDavid L. Aaron
Personal details
Born(1929-01-18)January 18, 1929
University of Missouri-Kansas City (MA)
Known forEditor of Foreign Affairs

William George Hyland (January 18, 1929 – March 25, 2008) was Deputy National Security Advisor to President of the United States Gerald Ford and editor of Foreign Affairs magazine.


Early life and education

William G. Hyland was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1929. He was educated at the Washington University in St. Louis, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, graduating with a B.A. in History.[1] After college, he spent 1950–53 in the 2nd Armored Division of the United States Army; during this time, he was stationed in West Germany. He did graduate work at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, receiving an M.A. in History in 1954.

Central Intelligence Agency

After graduating, Hyland joined the

Kremlinologist. In 1960, he wrote a memorandum in which he predicted that Nikita Khrushchev would come up with a pretext to avoid an upcoming Paris summit with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Shortly before the summit, the Soviets shot down a U-2 spy plane
and Khrushchev used this as a pretext for walking out of the summit. Hyland was still a CIA agent when his first book, The Fall of Khrushchev, was published in 1968.

National Security Advisor

In 1969, Hyland was appointed as a member of the United States National Security Council. During his time as an NSC member, he accompanied United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon to a summit in Moscow.

Hyland played a key role in negotiating the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)[2]

In 1973, President Nixon named Hyland as

Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
and Hyland held this office from January 21, 1974 until November 24, 1975.

In 1975, President Ford named Brent Scowcroft as National Security Advisor. Hyland was made Deputy National Security Advisor, holding this office until 1977.

Following the election of President Jimmy Carter, in 1977 Hyland left government service. He worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University and at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Foreign Affairs

From 1983 to 1992, Hyland was the

President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. With the ending of the Cold War
, Hyland advocated a period of American disengagement with world affairs.

Death

Hyland died of an aortic aneurysm at Inova Fairfax Hospital on March 25, 2008.

Books

  • The Fall of Khrushchev (1968)
  • Mortal Rivals: Superpower Relations from Nixon to Reagan (1987)
  • The Cold War Is Over (1990)
  • The Song Is Ended: Songwriters and American Music, 1900-1950 (1995)
  • Richard Rodgers (1998)
  • Clinton's World: Remaking American Foreign Policy (1999)
  • George Gershwin: A New Biography (2003)

References

  1. ^ "Distinguished Alumni". Tau Kappa Epsilon. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  2. ^ https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1409&context=record

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Government offices
Preceded by
Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research

January 21, 1974 – November 24, 1975 		Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by
Deputy National Security Adviser

1975–1977 		Succeeded by
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