Faculty & Staff
William E. Hoehn
Visiting Professor of International Affairs
William (Bill) Hoehn is a Visiting Professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the Coca-Cola Foundation Eminent Practitioner in Residence at Georgia Tech. He is also a consultant to several businesses and foundations. Dr. Hoehn earned his Ph.D. in econometrics from Northwestern University and did post-doctoral research at the Netherlands Econometrics Institute in Rotterdam. Prior to his affiliation with Georgia Tech, Dr. Hoehn served in both the Legislative and Executive branches of the Federal government, and as a researcher and executive at RAND. From 1984 to 1997, Dr. Hoehn served as a senior professional staff member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, with responsibilities for arms control, strategic weapons programs in both the Departments of Defense and Energy, and defense strategy and policy. He was also a senior policy advisor to Senator Nunn.
Dr. Hoehn was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy from 1982 to 1984. In addition to day-to-day management of the 120 professional civilians and military officers in ISP, he was primarily responsible for the Secretary of Defense’s Emerging Technologies Initiative to enhance cooperation with our NATO allies on defense technologies. He also served as the lead Defense Department representative to the Hot-Line Upgrade negotiations with the Soviet Union, and contributed to both the INF and START negotiations. Prior to his government service, Dr. Hoehn was a research professional, research manager, and vice-president of The RAND Corporation. While at RAND, he was the author or co-author of a number of classified and unclassified studies and briefings on both economic and national security issues.