Charles E. Bohlen

Charles E. Bohlen
United States Ambassador to France
In office October 27, 1962 – February 9, 1968
President	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	James M. Gavin
Succeeded by	Sargent Shriver
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
In office June 4, 1957 – October 15, 1959
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Albert F. Nufer
Succeeded by	John D. Hickerson
United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union
In office April 20, 1953 – April 18, 1957
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	George F. Kennan
Succeeded by	Llewellyn E. Thompson
Counselor of the United States Department of State
In office July 12, 1951 – March 29, 1953
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	George F. Kennan
Succeeded by	Douglas MacArthur II
In office August 1, 1947 – August 3, 1949
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Benjamin Victor Cohen
Succeeded by	George F. Kennan
Personal details
Born	Charles Eustis Bohlen (1904-08-30)August 30, 1904 Clayton, New York, U.S.
Died	January 1, 1974(1974-01-01) (aged 69) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spouse	Avis Howard Thayer Bohlen
Children	Avis T. Charles E., Jr. Celestine E. Bohlen
Alma mater	Harvard University

Charles "Chip" Eustis Bohlen (August 30, 1904 – January 1, 1974) was an American diplomat, ambassador, and expert on the Soviet Union. He helped shape United States foreign policy during World War II and the Cold War and helped develop the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe.

In 1934, he served as a diplomat in the first US embassy to the Soviet Union in Moscow as well as during and after World War II. He succeeded George F. Kennan as ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1957. He served as ambassador to the Philippines from 1957 to 1959 and to France from 1962 to 1968. He was an advisor to every U.S. President from 1943 to 1968 and one of the nonpartisan foreign policy advisers who were known colloquially as "The Wise Men."