The Foreign Service Journal, January 2008

78 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 8 the advance team, who then backed down. He received the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award in 1971 for his integrity, judgment, common sense and ability to get things done with efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Mr. Ribble retired to Clarksville in 1972, and passed the years as a gen- tleman farmer, traveler and supporter of the Texas Library Association. Mr. Ribble’s marriage to the for- mer Katherine Johnston ended in divorce. He leaves a brother, Joe Ribble of Paris, Texas; Mrs. Katherine Johnston Ribble of San Antonio, Texas; two sons, Jim and Richard; and a daughter, Anne. I N M E M O R Y E-mail your “In Memory” submission to the Foreign Service Journal at FSJedit@afsa.org , or fax it to (202) 338-6820. No photos, please.