2010.04.15: Sierra Leone RPCV Thomas Hull delivers last lecture
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2010.04.15: Sierra Leone RPCV Thomas Hull delivers last lecture
Sierra Leone RPCV Thomas Hull delivers last lecture
At the lecture, Hull addressed the ailments of the United State's diplomacy. Hull believes the problems in our country's diplomacy are tied to foreign policy. He said the State Department must decrease their use of the military for foreign policy. Hull said the military should remain an actor in foreign relations, but that role should decrease from its present level. Hull believes young people interested in foreign aid should turn to programs such as The Peace Corps where he served from 1968-1970. For examples, Hull turned to other nations, especially in Europe, that use their diplomats through job placements and funding. Hull believes there is a light at the end of the tunnel: there are 3,500 new foreign aid positions which he urged Simmons women to pursue.
Sierra Leone RPCV Thomas Hull delivers last lecture
Warburg Professor Ambassador Hull delivers last lecture
Maura Kiernan
Issue date: 4/15/10 Section: News
Ambassador Hull poses with his students at his final Warburg lecture.
Media Credit: Maura Kiernan
Ambassador Hull poses with his students at his final Warburg lecture.
On Monday, April 12, the accomplished Professor Thomas Hull gave his last lecture "What Ails American Diplomacy" at Simmons College, an installment of the Warbug Lecture Series.
Hull is the Warburg Professor in International Relations.Before his arrival at Simmons Hull served as Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone from 2004-2007. In Sierra Leone, Hull assisted the country's evolution from peace keeping to peace building. Hull's diplomatic career has included working in Ethiopia, South Africa, Nigeria, Czechoslovakia, Somalia, Barking, Faso, and Congo. He was the Director of African Affairs at the U.S. Information Agency from 1995-1997.
At the lecture, Hull addressed the ailments of the United State's diplomacy. Hull believes the problems in our country's diplomacy are tied to foreign policy. He said the State Department must decrease their use of the military for foreign policy. Hull said the military should remain an actor in foreign relations, but that role should decrease from its present level. Hull believes young people interested in foreign aid should turn to programs such as The Peace Corps where he served from 1968-1970. For examples, Hull turned to other nations, especially in Europe, that use their diplomats through job placements and funding. Hull believes there is a light at the end of the tunnel: there are 3,500 new foreign aid positions which he urged Simmons women to pursue.
Tom Hull was Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone (2004-2007) where he assisted the country's evolution from peacekeeping to peace building. Throughout his 31-year diplomatic career, which also included assignments in Ethiopia, South Africa, Nigeria, Czechoslovakia, Somalia, Burkina Faso, and Congo, he was involved in issues of conflict and peace, revolution and transformation, and democracy and development. He was Director of African Affairs at the U.S. Information Agency (1995-97) before it merged with the Department of State. His career began as a Peace Corps Volunteer teacher in Sierra Leone (1968-70).
Ambassador Hull's contributions during and following the collapse of communism in Prague earned him a Presidential Meritorious Service Award from President Clinton. While there, he founded the Fulbright Commissions for Educational Exchange with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Before joining the Foreign Service, he assisted former Senator J. William Fulbright at the Institute of International Education in New York.
Ambassador Hull has a B.A. (history) from Dickinson College. His graduate degrees from Columbia University include an M.A. (education and international affairs), a Master of International Affairs (M.I.A.), and the Certificate of the Institute of African Studies. He was an Ed.D. (ABD) candidate at Columbia when he joined the Foreign Service.
Ambassador Hull has received many professional and humanitarian awards as well as recognition in Who's Who in American Politics.
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