Background
William G. Hyland was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1929.
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Education
He was educated at the Washington University in Saint Louis, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in History.
Career
After college, he spent 1950-1953 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 Master of Arts in History in 1954.
After graduating, Hyland joined the Central Intelligence Agency.
He was initially assigned to the Central Intelligence Agency"s Berlin desk, and in this capacity frequently briefed Director of Central Intelligence Allen Welsh Dulles. He was later assigned to the Soviet desk, where he gained a reputation as a skilled Kremlinologist.
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 Central Intelligence Agency agent when his first book, The Fall of Khrushchev, was published in 1968.
During his time as an National Security Council member, he accompanied United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon to a summit in Moscow.
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. From 1983 to 1992, Hyland was the editor of Foreign Affairs magazine.
He wrote a half-dozen books, on both the topics of international affairs and, after retirement, popular American music With the ending of the Cold War, Hyland advocated a period of American disengagement with world affairs
Hyland died of an aortic aneurysm at Inova Fairfax Hospital on March 25, 2008.
Membership
In 1969, Hyland was appointed as a member of the United States National Security Council. During the presidency of George H. West. Bush, he was a member of the President"s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
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