# 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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2025-12/InMemoriam-Hoguet.jpg?itok=dlQC54Uq) George Hoguet, far right, talks to Susan Pharr and Frank Dobbin at the 2018 Jodidi Lecture. Credit: Martha StewartGeorge 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*](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/george-hoguet-obituary?id=59586691). --- ## More from this issue [### Fall 2025, Volume 40 Number 1 ](/publications/centerpiece/fall2025) ![Fall 2025 Centerpiece thumbnail showing illustration of soldiers pointing guns at men holding roses, alongside a duotone graphic "W" with the words "Centerpiece" and the issue information.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/Cover-16x9-social-and-thumbnail.png?itok=Lc8SNERC) [### Message from the Executive Director ](/publications/centerpiece/fall2025/executive-director) ![Headshot of Erin Goodman alongside text that says "Fall 2025 Message from the Executive Director" and her name against a gray background.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/cpfall25-message.png?itok=ypgmpBoO) [### Of Note ](/publications/centerpiece/fall2025/of_note) ![Aerial view of CGIS buildings and green.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/cpfall25-ofnote_0.png?itok=w_tsZhQB) [### New Books ](/publications/centerpiece/fall2025/newbooks) ![Collage of about a dozen book covers overlapping set against a beige background.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/cpfall25-newbooks.png?itok=uTNH8bI6) [### The Crisis of Pax Americana with Walter Russell Mead ](/publications/centerpiece/fall2025/feature_manshel) ![Walter Russell Mead and Erez Manela are seated in wingback chairs in conversation.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/11.12.25%20WCFIA%20Manshel%20Lecture_%20040.jpg?itok=e7HTe_kP) [### Dispatches: Undergraduate Researchers in the Field ](/publications/centerpiece/fall2025/dispatches) ![A smiling woman stands in front of a blue wooden building with white trim.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/cpfall25-dispatches.png?itok=RT0wz7jv) [### Student Programs ](/publications/centerpiece/fall2025/prog_student) ![Collage of six PhD student headshots in circular frames set against a red background.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/cpfall25-prog-students.png?itok=EBsXZSt_) [### Research Cluster on Global Climate Policy ](/publications/centerpiece/fall2025/prog_climate) ![Four people in business attire are seated in a panel discussion on stage, with one man gesturing while speaking and the others listening attentively.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/Program-climate-cluster.jpg?itok=UttGUWdy) [### Research Cluster on LGBTQI+ Human Rights ](/publications/centerpiece/fall2025/prog_lgbtqi) ![Three men sit at a table with microphones in front of a projected map of Europe, at a Weatherhead Center for International Affairs event at Harvard University.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/Program-LGBTQI-cluster-opener.JPG?itok=fJYdzPUZ) [### Fellowship News ](/publications/centerpiece/fall2025/fellowship-news) ![An older man sits at a table signing papers with a pen, while a woman sits next to him smiling. 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