Hamilton Leaving House for Post at Smithsonian
Rep. Lee H. Hamilton (D-Ind.), who is retiring at the end of this session after 17 terms in the House, has been appointed director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a think tank attached to the Smithsonian Institution.
In a press release, the center said Hamilton, 67, will assume his post in January. He succeeds Charles Blitzer, who retired in September 1997.
Hamilton, the former chairman and now ranking Democrat of the House International Relations Committee, is one of the House’s leading experts on foreign affairs.
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