The Foreign Service Journal, October 2008

Jefferson Street, Napa CA 94559 or the St. Helena Public Library, 1492 Library lane, St. Helena CA 94574. Andrew Hillman , 57, an active- duty Foreign Service officer, died on July 12 at his home in Edgemont, N.Y. Born and raised in Edgemont, Mr. Hillman graduated from Edgemont High School. He received his bache- lor’s degree from Yale University and his master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University. In 1993, he joined the Foreign Service and was posted to Toronto as a consular officer. He then served in the department as a staff officer in S/S and as an operations officer in S/S-O. In 1997 he was assigned to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York, serving first in the Economic and Social Council section, then mov- ing to the political section and, ulti- mately, to the management and reform section in 2005. Since 2001, Mr. Hillman had also taught two graduate seminars at Fordham University focusing on the U.N. and international security and on conflict resolution. At the time of his death, he was in the process of developing a new course focused on combating terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. “Professor Hillman was a very devoted and caring teacher. He not only delivered well-prepared lectures, but he also gave easily of himself as a wonderful mentor to his students,” said Henry Schwalbenberg, director of the International Political Econo- my and Development program at Fordham. Among the many students who honored their teacher’s legacy in the online guestbook for Mr. Hillman (www.legacy.com/nytimes/GB/Guestb ookView.aspx?PersonId=113243308), Aissatou Ngong of Yaounde wrote: “Prof. Hillman was one of my men- tors at Fordham, who inspired me to follow a career path in international relations. In my culture, we prefer not to be saddened by death, but rather to celebrate the life that the individual lived. I will always remem- ber him as a laid-back individual who was very passionate about his work, 78 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / O C T O B E R 2 0 0 8 I N M E M O R Y u u