In Memoriam: George Hoguet

George Hoguet, 1947–2025

Three people sit talking at a desk in a lecture hall, while other attendees sit in rows behind them, observing or listening. — George Hoguet, far right, talks to Susan Pharr and Frank Dobbin at the 2018 Jodidi Lecture. Credit: Martha Stewart

George Hoguet (AB ’69, MBA ’73, KSG ’02) passed away on September 23, 2025 at age seventy-seven. Hoguet had a long career as a finance professional across different industries: investment banking, government, pension fund consulting, and portfolio management. In the first Reagan Administration, according to his obituary, he served in the US Treasury Department, as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and represented the United States at the World Bank.

Hoguet was a longtime collaborator and friend of the Weatherhead Center. For many years, he financially supported the conference on Politics and Economics of International Finance (PEIF), a continuing series of annual one-day events that bring together scholars interested in economic and political-economy issues in international financial relations. In 2018, he contributed to the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History, supporting their seminar and the graduate workshop, along with helping fund graduate student grants. He also participated in many conferences and symposia over the years, including Talloires. He served in multiple advisory roles throughout recent decades, as part of our Weatherhead Center Visiting Committee from 2002–2005 and Advisory Committee from 2019–2021. To learn more about George Hoguet’s life, read his obituary from the Boston Globe.