The Foreign Service Journal, January 2006

Japanese language study at FSI in Yokohama, he became counselor for public affairs and director of the USIS section in Tokyo. Following his retirement in 1993, Mr. Shellenberger became director of the Japan-America Student Confer- ence, located at DACOR in Washing- ton, D.C. He held that post for 10 years, during which hundreds of Japanese and American students par- ticipated in summertime academic exchanges aimed at increasing under- standing between the younger gener- ations of both countries. Toward the end of his career, Mr. Shellenberger was described by a senior agency official as “a consum- mate professional who can do it all.” The official wrote: “He has handled the myriad details of presidential visits with alacrity, and has a relaxed yet firm and disciplined manner that almost masks the magnitude of this effort and achievement.” Born in Amsterdam, N.Y., in 1927, Mr. Shellenberger spent his youth in Yonkers, N.Y., and Los Angeles. He graduated from Northwestern Uni- versity in Evanston, Ill., in 1952. He received the President’s Meritor- ious Service Award in 1984. He and the USIA Japan staff received USIA’s Superior Honor Award for their role in the Tokyo Economic Summit of 1986. His marriage to Jill Shellenberger ended in divorce. Mr. Shellenberger is survived by his wife, Soodabeh Azar Shellen- berger of Great Falls; two daughters from his first marriage, Katie Sch- wieger of Purcellville, Va., and Karen Oliver of Capistrano Beach, Calif.; a stepson, Karan Lofti of Washington, D.C.; a stepdaughter, Sara Berenji of Indianapolis, Ind.; a brother, Rolfe Shellenberger of Palm Desert, Calif.; and six grandchildren. Arthur W. Tunnell Jr ., 89, a retired FSO with USAID, died Sept. 5 in Ft. Myers, Fla. Mr. Tunnell was born in South- ampton, N.Y., and graduated in 1937 with a bachelor’s degree from Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University) in Philadelphia, where he studied accounting. He became a certified public accountant, and was a longtime member of the American Institute of Certified Public Account- ants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. During World War II, Mr. Tunnell served in the U.S. Navy as a lieu- tenant (second class) in the Pacific, and was honorably discharged in 1946. After practicing accounting in New York with Peat Marwick, Mr. Tunnell worked for Standard Vacuum Oil Company (now Mobil Oil Co.) in Sungel Gerong, Sumatra, Indonesia, for 10 years. Mr. Tunnell joined the Foreign Service in 1958, and served as comp- troller for USAID in Taiwan, Ethio- pia, Sudan, Nigeria, Turkey and Ne- pal. He retired to Ft. Myers in 1975. Mr. Tunnell’s wife of more than 50 years, Amelia Hamilton Cornell Tunnell, from Charleston, S.C., pre- deceased him in 1993. He is survived by his son, Arthur W. Tunnell III; his daughters, Louise Torri and Margaret O. Tunnell; his sisters, Julia L. Tunnell and Adelaide E. Tunnell; and three grandchildren. The family suggests contributions in Mr. Tunnell’s memory be made to the Salvation Army (for “Katrina Relief Effort”), P.O. Box 4857, Jackson MS 39296-4857, or online at www.salvationarmysouth.org . n 80 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 6 I N M E M O R Y u Send your “In Memory” submission to: Foreign Service Journal; Attn: Susan Maitra 2101 E Street NW, Washington DC 20037, or e-mail it to FSJedit@afsa.org , or fax it to (202) 338-8244. No photos, please.