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Charles Eustis “Chip” Bohlen (August 30, 1904 – January 1, 1974) was a Soviet expert and United States diplomat from 1929 to 1969, serving in Moscow before, during, and after World War II, succeeding George F. Kennan as United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1953–1957). He then became ambassador to the Philippines (1957–1959) and to France (1962–1968). He was an exemplar of those nonpartisan foreign policy advisers who came to be known colloquially as "The Wise Men." ==Early life== Bohlen was born in Clayton, New York, on August 30, 1904, to Celestine Eustis Bohlen, the daughter of senator James B. Eustis, and Charles Bohlen, a "gentleman of leisure". The second of three Bohlen children, he acquired an interest in foreign countries while traveling Europe as a boy.〔Charles E. Bohlen, ''Witness to History, 1929-1969'', New York: Norton, 1973, p.4.〕 Bohlen graduated from Harvard College in 1927. Bohlen's great-great-uncle was American Civil War general Henry Bohlen, born 1810, the first foreign-born (German) Union general in the Civil War and grandfather of Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (who used the name Krupp after marrying Bertha Krupp, heiress of the Krupp family, the German weapons makers). In this way Charles E. Bohlen was related to Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Germany's primary weapons maker during World War II and a convicted war criminal. Bohlen was the grandson on his mother's side of United States Senator James Biddle Eustis, ambassador to France under President Grover Cleveland. In 1935, Bohlen married Avis Thayer. Avis Howard Thayer was born September 18, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the daughter of George Thayer and Gertrude Wheeler. (The Avis Bohlen award was created and named for her in 1982. It is administered by the American Foreign Service Association and each year honors the Foreign Service dependent who has done the most to advance the interests of the United States.) Her brother, Charles Wheeler Thayer, also a diplomat, worked closely with his brother-in-law Charles as U.S. vice-consul in Moscow. Charles and Avis Thayer Bohlen had two daughters, Avis and Celestine, and a son, Charles Jr.〔Charles E. Bohlen, ''Witness to History, 1929-1969'', New York: Norton, 1973, p.37-38, 100, 270, 297.〕 Their daughter, Avis, became a distinguished diplomat in her own right, serving as deputy chief of mission in Paris, US ambassador to Bulgaria, and US assistant secretary of state for arms control. Bohlen's other daughter, Celestine, became a journalist and has been a Moscow-based reporter for ''The New York Times''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles E. Bohlen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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