The Foreign Service Journal, January 2012

western was lucky in another way, too: the sub he had been assigned to was sunk two weeks after departing on its mission. Mr. Green later served on a World War I-era submarine patrolling the Pacific from the Aleutians to the Solomon Islands. After the war, Mr. Green taught his- tory and psychology at Santa Monica High School. He also helped start the first driver’s education program there and was an early pioneer in driving safety, teaching literally thousands of people to drive. In 1952 he joined SantaMonica College, where he taught history, anthropology and life science for the next decade; he also earned a doctorate in education from UCLA. Having long wanted to travel and live overseas, Mr. Green moved his family to Colombia in 1962, taking a job in community development with the United States Agency for Interna- tional Development. From 1966 to 1982, he worked with USAID in the Dominican Republic, Peru, Vietnam, Colombia and Indonesia. He then served a three-year stint as an admin- istrator in international education at Florida State before retiring to Mal- ibu. Mr. Green believed passionately in the importance of service to others and informed participation in democracy. He stayed active and gave back to the community through organizations such as the Malibu Rotary Club, the Malibu UnitedMethodist Church, the Retired Teachers Association, and the Santa Monica YMCA Breakfast Club. He supported the local labor exchange and, during the rainy season, fre- quently brought home homeless work- ers who needed shelter. Studying every proposition and issue on the ballot at each election, he was called on by friends and family to help them decide how to vote, and provided this service on a wider scale by presentations sponsored by the League of Women’s Voters. Active in the Malibu Democratic Club, he worked on City Council, School Board, Assembly, and State Senate campaigns — making phone calls, holding meetings in his home, stuffing envelopes and enjoying spir- ited political discussion. First and foremost a teacher for 72 years, he continued to teach very pop- ular current events classes through Santa Monica College’s Emeritus pro- gram and at the Malibu Senior Center until December 2010. A lifelong learner, he also took classes at the Malibu Senior Center in drama and poetry, hosting his final drama per- formance at his home last May. In addition to his wife, Dorothy, Mr. Green is survived by his son, Terry, and daughter-in-law, JoAnn, of Santa Mon- ica; and his daughter, Marilyn, and son- in-law, Larry Jones, of Moorpark, Calif., all four of whom are educators; four grandchildren, Carrie of Kirkland, Wash., Jennie of Santa Monica, Alex of Bellingham, Wash., and Nathaniel of Woodland Hills, Calif., as well as many nieces, nephews, in-laws and family friends around the world. The family would like to express their profound gratitude for the com- passionate care provided to Mr. Green by Vitas Hospice and his caregiver, Ester Tenebro, who made his final year comfortable and his final hours peaceful. Donations to a scholarship in his name for students committed to a ca- reer in the Foreign Service may be made out to theMoorpark Board/Man- agement Scholarship Fund andmay be sent to Marilyn Green, 4593 Heather Glen Ct., Moorpark CA 93021. Daniel Kiang, 67 , a retired For- eign Service officer, died on July 22, 2011, at Manor Care in Potomac, Md., after a long battle with lung cancer. Born in Shanghai, Daniel spent his childhood in Tokyo and Okinawa, where he graduated from a Depart- ment of Defense high school. He obtained his higher education in the United States, graduating from Dartmouth College and receiving ad- vanced degrees in international rela- tions and Chinese history from Columbia University. A veteran, Mr. Kiang spent most of his three-year mil- itary service with the Army Security Agency at Fort Meade, Md. In January 1979 Mr. Kiang joined the Foreign Service as a political offi- cer. He spent most of his career in the East Asia and Pacific Bureau, either in Washington, D.C., or abroad. His overseas assignments included Beijing, Shenyang (where he was a member of the team that opened the consulate general in May 1984), Taipei, London, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. In Washington, he served as a polit- ical-military officer in the Office of Tai- wan Coordination and as Malaysia desk officer. In a rare out-of-EAP tour, he worked in the Office of Caribbean Af- fairs for two years. Mr. Kiang’s final tour prior to retirement in September 2004 was as a Taiwan cross-Strait ana- lyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. A long-time classical music lover, Mr. Kiang took piano lessons when he was in high school. While studying at Columbia, he frequented the Metro- politan Opera as a standee. He reveled in his first tour in London, where he haunted Covent Garden and the West End theater district. After returning to the department, he subscribed to the Washington Opera and also frequently I N M E M O R Y J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 2 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 71