The Foreign Service Journal, February 2007

the late 1960s took him to more than 15 countries. In 1972, Mr. Vetter con- ducted a five-week lecture tour of India, discussing international rela- tions and U.S. culture. He went on a similar tour of Africa in 1974. From 1970 until retiring from USIA in 1976, Mr. Vetter was a faculty adviser at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute. After leaving USIA, Mr. Vetter was an independent consultant on inter- national affairs and management with the State Department, CIA, Defense Department, Commerce Depart- ment and other federal agencies and private companies. He delivered and led an average of 200 lectures, semi- nars and workshops a year. He was the author of Citizen Ambassadors: Guidelines for Responding to Quest- ions Asked about America (Brigham Young University, 1983). Mr. Vetter was elected to an Advisory Neighborhood Commis- sion and was on the board of directors of International Student House in Washington, D.C. He belonged to many honorary societies and profes- sional organizations, and was a mem- ber of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., where he was a vestryman and junior warden. Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Alice Vetter of Washington, D.C.; two children, David Vetter of Rockville, Md., and Hope Vetter of Brussels; and a grandson. 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 81 I N M E M O R Y 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.