The Foreign Service Journal, January-February 2023

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 89 talking with people, getting to know their culture and way of life. These interests, together with his study of Russian politics, history, and language, led Mr. Sherman and his graduate school classmate Peter Juviler to seek permission from the Rus- sian government to travel to the USSR as the first Americans to interview Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1955. Publication of the interview, “Talking to the Russians” ( The London Observer , June 1955), launched Mr. Sherman’s almost 20-year career as a journalist. He was The Observer’s Eastern Europe cor- respondent from 1956 to 1960 and then worked in its Washington, D.C., bureau until 1961, when he became The Washing- ton Star ’s D.C. correspondent until 1964. From 1964 to 1967, he was based in London as The Star ’s Europe correspon- dent, returning to D.C. as its Middle East correspondent from 1967 to 1974. Mr. Sherman joined the Department of State as press liaison for the Bureau of Near East Affairs in 1974. He participated in the Middle East peace talks at Camp David in 1978 and remained press liaison until 1981, when he was accepted into the U.S. Foreign Service. That year the Shermans moved to Calcutta, where Mr. Sherman served as U.S. consul general until 1984. Transferred to Cairo as political counselor from 1984 to 1987, he returned to India as political counselor in Delhi. In 1991 the Shermans returned toWash- ington, D.C., where he worked at the For- eign Service Institute and U.S. Mission to the United Nations until he retired in 1994. After retiring, the Shermans moved to Frisco, Colo., to be near Ms. Sherman’s sister, Marie Roberts, and to enjoy hiking, gardening, and playing tennis in the Rocky Mountains. In 2010 the couple moved to Sil- ver Maples Retirement Community in Chelsea, Mich., living near their daughter, Beth, and her family. At Silver Maples, Mr. Sherman made many dear friends. His leadership with the Memorial Garden, Resident Council, Scholarship Fund, and Arts Committee will long be remembered. Family mem- bers came to visit from near and far, and the couple traveled often to Washington, D.C., New York, Boston, and California. Family members recall that, in addi- tion to travel, Mr. Sherman loved good conversation, parties, and intellectual and cultural events, and that he encouraged a commitment to education in his children and grandchildren. Mr. Sherman was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy, on Aug. 29, 2014. He is survived by four children: Deborah Sherman (and her spouse, Sarah Drury) of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Beth Sherman (and her spouse, Karen Hawver) of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Justin Sherman (and his spouse, Junko Onishi) of Washington, D.C.; and Drew Sherman (and his spouse, Danielle Epstein) of San Francisco, Calif.; and five grandchildren: Bradley Hawver- King, Emma Sherman-Hawver, Benjamin Sherman-Hawver, Astrid Sherman-Drury, and Michael Epstein Sherman. n Edward Howard “Bear” Winant, 54, a USAID Foreign Service officer, passed away in Bangkok on Nov. 22, 2022, after recent heart problems. Mr. Winant was born on Nov. 17, 1968, to Walter and Jean Winant in South Burlington, Vt. He graduated from Shady Spring High School, W.Va., in 1985 and obtained a B.S. in civil engineering from West Virginia University in 1989, an M.S. in civil engineering in 1992, and a Ph.D. in the history of technology in 1996. After graduating, Mr. Winant began a career in environmental engineering in parallel with his lifelong work in public service, including with the Peace Corps in Cameroon, and several trips to Africa with Engineers Without Borders. In 2009 he joined the State Department and went to his first assignment in Liberia. There he met and married his wife, Dinah Zeltser, a fellow FSO. After subsequent postings in Kazakhstan and South Africa, he served in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scien- tific Affairs in Washington, D.C. In 2020, Mr. Winant joined USAID, supporting projects in Nepal, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and South Africa fromD.C. and, most recently, from Bangkok. Like his father, Mr. Winant had a love for model railroading. He commissioned a train layout that could be broken into sections for shipping, and it accompa- nied him to all his postings. He enjoyed canoeing, reading, traveling, entertaining, making new friends, and watching WVU football, but above all, spending time with Dinah and his daughter, Freyja. Warm- hearted, hardworking, and giving, he made friends easily all over the world. Mr. Winant was predeceased by his father, Walter Winant, and cousin, Beth Corfman. He is survived by wife Dinah Zeltser, daughter Freyja Winant, mother Jean Winant, mother-in-law Serafima Nudelman, father-in-lawMark Zeltser, brother David Winant (and wife Sherry), nephews Joseph Winant and Samuel Winant, and cousins TomMelton (and wife Linda), David Melton, Roy Melton, Eric Bachmann, Austin Bachmann (and wife Elaine), Anna Bachmann, Thea Law, Charles Haeberle (and wife Carol), John Winant (and wife Jane), Robert Winant (and wife Kristen), Phil Winant, Kathy Osborne (and husband Jamie), and extended family. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the National Peace Corps Asso- ciation or to the Peace Corps, for which