The Foreign Service Journal, January 2011

J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 1 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 61 A F S A N E W S Not Pictured: (Alphabetical by Last Name) Anna Berstein-Simpson — Daughter of Rose Berstein and Peter Simpson (deceased). Recipient of the Rose Marie Asch Memorial Scholarship and the Stephen A. Hubler Scholarship. She is currently attending Dartmouth College. Caitlin O’Dowd — Daughter of Rhonda Brown and Stephen O’Dowd. Recipient of the George and Mattie Newman Scholarship and the Vietnam Scholarship. She is currently attending Hamilton College. Caitlin Sneff-Nuckles — Daughter of Wendy Sneff and John Nuckles. Recipient of the Brockman M. Moore Memorial Scholarship and the George and Mattie Newman Scholarship. She is currently attending George Mason University. Alexander Sokoloff — Son of Margaret and Alexander Sokoloff. Recipient of the George and Mattie Newman Scholarship, the Robert Woods Bliss Memorial Scholarship and the Susan Lowe Modi Memorial Scholarship. He is currently attending the University of North Carolina–Wilmington. Peter Tilghman — Son of Christine and Joseph Tilghman. Recipient of the DACOR Bacon House Foundation Harriet P. Thurgood Memorial Scholarship. He is currently attending Dickinson College. Caroline Perkinson — Daughter of Laurel and Jeffrey Perkinson. Recipient of the Landreth M. Harrison Memorial Scholarship, the Marc Grossman and Mildred Patterson Scholarship and the Anthony G. Freeman Memorial Scholarship. She is currently attending Davidson College. Philip Perkinson — Son of Laurel and Jeffrey Perkinson. Recipient of the Brockman M. Moore Memorial Scholarship. He is currently attending the University of Virginia. No Dues Increase in 2011 — Please Consider Supporting the Fund for American Diplomacy For the second year in a row, AFSA has decided not to raise membership dues out of sensitivity to economic concerns. This does not, however, signal any cut or compromise in our services to you — on the contrary, we intend to deepen them in this new year. And so we ask you to consider donating to one of the funds that support our mission, in particular the Fund for American Diplomacy. Each year, AFSA partners with our 501(c)(3) nonprofit Fund for American Diplomacy in an appeal for donations to a worthy cause. The Fund sponsors Foreign Service programs with AFSA and helps us tell the story of the Foreign Service to the American public in a variety of ways. Through a tax-deductible donation to the Fund for American Diplomacy, you will be supporting: • AFSA’s High School Essay Contest , where students can earn college scholarship money by writing an essay on a topic related to foreign affairs. • The AFSA Memorial Plaques , the centerpiece of an annual ceremony at the State Department to honor our colleagues who have died in the line of duty. • Awards programs recognizing FS employee and spouse achievements, and particularly those who have had the courage to dissent. • The AFSA/Thursday Luncheon Group Minority Intern Program , which places a deserving minority student in a summer internship at the State Department. • Inside a U.S. Embassy , our popular book providing insights into the Foreign Service to individuals preparing for the FS exam, students in college courses on diplomacy and international relations and to FS family members and relatives, as well as military and corporate personnel interacting with our mis- sions abroad. A new edition will be published early this year. • Road Scholar (formerly Elderhostel) programs on foreign affairs for retired Americans. • AFSA’s Speakers Bureau , where FS retirees draw on their real-life experiences in addressing busi- ness and community leaders and regular Americans across the country. • You may also support us through a CFC gift. We are CFC #10646 and are listed under the name “Diplomacy Matters – AFSA.” You can also donate securely online at www.afsa.org/fad. No AFSA dues support FAD activities, so we rely on your direct donations to the fund in order to allow these successful and vital programs to continue. For further information on the fund and its activities, please contact AFSA Director of Communications Tom Switzer at (202) 944-5501 or switzer@afsa.org . AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Don't Delay, Apply Today! The submission deadline is Feb. 6 to apply for AFSA college scholarships for Foreign Service kids. AFSA Names New Governing Board Member At their Dec. 1 meeting, the AFSA Government Board ap- proved the appointment of Mary Ellen Gilroy to serve as retiree representative. Gilroy, who joined the U.S. Information Agency in 1983, has served as a public diplomacy officer in posts from Ottawa to Port-au- Prince. She also served as a senior inspector (class of Minis- ter-Counselor) for public diplo- macy, political and economic affairs, and equal employment opportunity with the Office of the Inspector General.