The Foreign Service Journal, February 2009

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 9 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 65 Tastevin and a member of the former International Club. Amb. Phillips was also one of the principal organizers of “Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change,” an effort during the 2004 presidential campaign to prevent continuation of the foreign and national security poli- cies of the first George W. Bush ad- ministration. Mr. Phillips’ many friends and ad- mirers remember him as an avid sportsman, skier and golfer, a fine chef, and an accomplished bridge and poker player. A small book of his po- etry was privately published and his oral history is in the National Archives. His wry wit was admired and enjoyed by all who knew him. Amb. Phillips is survived by his wife Lucie Colvin Phillips of Arling- ton, Va.; his three children, Michael Phillips and wife Sonia of Wichita, Kan.; Madolyn Phillips of Chevy Chase, Md.; and Catherine Phillips Durand and husband Cristophe of Herndon, Va.; grandchildren Jacques and Chloe Durand; two stepsons, Charles Colvin of Shakopee, Minn., and David Colvin of Reston, Va., and their children, Emily, Nora and Zachary. His two sisters, Patricia Daniels of Wichita, Kan., and Rose- mary Partridge of Berkeley, Calif., predeceased him. Donations in Mr. Phillips’ mem- ory may be made to the James D. Phillips International Fellowship Fund at the Wichita State University Foundation. Norma Louise Rathner , the wife of retired FSO Herbert Rathner, died on Sept. 29 of pancreatic cancer at her home in Fairfax, Va., surrounded by her family. Born in Hammond, Ind., Mrs. Rathner attended Hammond High School and graduated from Purdue University with degrees in home eco- nomics and elementary education. As a child, she studied all forms of dance. During high school summers, she per- formed as an acrobat at state fairs and in USO shows for military camps across the United States. Upon grad- uation, she worked as a home eco- nomics teacher at Mt. Rainier High School in Hyattsville, Md., and for the Prince George County Department of Parks & Recreation. There she met I N M E M O R Y