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Christopher Robert Hill (born 1952) is an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq. On July 1, 2010, Hill was chosen to be the dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver He also serves on the board of International Relief and Development Inc. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=IRD Board of Directors )〕 and is an advisor with Albright Stonebridge Group, a strategic advisory firm.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.albrightstonebridge.com/team/christopher-hill )〕 ==Education and Peace Corps service== Hill's father was a diplomat in the Foreign Service and as a child Hill traveled with the family to many countries.〔 After American diplomats were expelled from Haiti, Hill's family moved to Little Compton, Rhode Island〔("He's the voice of America in talks with North Korea" ) by John Mulligan. '' The Providence Journal''. April 14, 2008.〕 where Hill attended Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, graduating in 1970.〔("Diplomat Hill's job is to solicit trust." ) ''Providence Journal''. June 8, 2007.〕 He then went on to study at Bowdoin College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1974.〔("Podcast by Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Christopher R. Hill '74." ) Bowdoin University. February 16, 2007.〕 Hill was a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon from 1974 to 1976.〔 Hill credits his work with the Peace Corps for teaching him his first lessons in diplomacy.〔 As a volunteer, Hill worked with credit unions and when he discovered that one board of directors had stolen 60 percent of their members' money, he reported on the malfeasance to their members, who promptly re-elected them because the board reflected carefully balanced tribal interests and it really did not matter to the members if the board directors ran a good credit union or not.〔 Hill said the lesson was that "When something's happened, it's happened for a reason and you do your best to understand that reason. But don't necessarily think you can change it."〔("Longtime Statesman Puts Best Face Forward for U.S." ) by Glenn Kessler. ''Washington Post''. September 21, 2005.〕 Hill took the Foreign Service exam while he was serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon.〔 Hill received a master's degree from the Naval War College in 1994.〔("Biography of Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs ) U.S. Department of State〕 He speaks Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, and Albanian.〔 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「Christopher R. Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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