The Foreign Service Journal, February 2007

York. He received his bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College in 1959. Having studied at its Wash- ington and Bologna campuses, he earned his M.A. from the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in 1962. Mr. Riemer entered the Foreign Service in 1962, and was assigned to Ouagadougou. He was detailed to the Agency for International Devel- opment and posted to Saigon in 1964. He returned to State in 1967 to work as a research specialist and then as a financial economist. After being detailed to the École Nationale d’Administration in Paris in 1972, he became an economic- commercial officer at Embassy Paris in 1973. He was later assigned to Bogotá and to the U.S. mission to the U.N. in New York. His last assignment before retiring in the early 1980s was back in the Department of State. After settling in Paris, Mr. Riemer worked as a banker, established a spe- cialized translation service firm, and taught political science at the Paris branches of several American univer- sities. At the time of his death, Mr. Riemer was executive vice chairman of Democrats Abroad France. De- scribed as “the brains and soul be- hind much of Democrats Abroad France” in the group’s eulogy, Mr. Riemer had managed the World- wide Democrats Abroad convention in Paris in 2000, and organized and chaired the Paris Caucus in 2004, the first step in electing Democrats Abroad’s delegations to the national convention that year. Survivors include his wife, Blanca Riemer, and two children, Nicholas and Alix. Funeral services were held in the American Cathedral in Paris. Margaret Anne Scanlan , 77, the wife of career diplomat and former ambassador John D. Scanlan, passed away on Sept. 2 in Naples, Fla., after a long battle with chronic leukemia. Mrs. Scanlan, known as Peggy by F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 7 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 79 I N M E M O R Y SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE AMERICA S I NCE 1 9 7 1 2007 represents our 37 th year helping to maintain America’s fleet of vehicles throughout the world. All of us at D & M consider it an honor to have worked with all of you through these years. We are aware of the importance of your official and private vehicles, forklifts, generators, tools and equipment. We look forward to continuing this service in a professional manner. We are here to help, just ask! Gary Vlahov www.dmauto.com (516) 822-6662; FAX: (516) 822-5020; E-mail: info@dmauto.com