Willis Armstrong joined the US Foreign Service following completion of his Ph.D. in Soviet studies in 1939. Posted to Moscow, he left the Soviet capital in 1941. He later served in Ottawa as Minister (Economic) in the early 1960’s. Retiring from the service following a stint in London as Minister, he was reappointed Assistant Under-Secretary for Economic Affairs by William Rogers then fired by Henry Kissinger. He teaches at Columbia and is active in the Atlantic Council. Chairman of the Council’s Working Group on US-Canadian Relations he and his wife, Louise, have prepared two excellent studies on Canada-US Relations, the latest titled US Policy Towards Canada: Guidelines for the Next Decade.
