The Foreign Service Journal, March 2007

FSO REUNION The Demography of an A-100 Class, 1961 The A-100 Basic FSO Class of the summer of 1961 held a 45th-anniversary reunion in November at DACOR House in Washington, D.C. Class members Ted Wilkinson and Dale Alan Diefenbach organized the event and thought it might be of interest to readers to note the sociological makeup of that A-100 class as compared with those entering the Foreign Service today. Diefenbach notes that “Institutions do change.” Of the 38 original members of the class, 29 survive, and four have served as ambassadors: John Blacken, Stephen Bosworth, John Davison and the late Jack Davison. Approximately 60 percent of the class stayed in the Service until retirement. Many of those who did not stay in the Foreign Service became academics. Gerry Studds became a congressman. The bio stats from the class are as follows: 36 men and two women; one minority member, an Asian-American; the oldest was 31 and the youngest 21; exactly half had served in the military (the draft was in effect); nine had gone to prep schools; 17 had Ivy League degrees, undergraduate and/or graduate (five attended Harvard Law); six went to Georgetown University and three to the Fletcher School; six had attended non-English-speaking universities and three studied in England. MA R CH 2 0 0 7 / F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L 81 A F S A N E W S CLASSIFIEDS Summer 1961 A-100 Class Reunion at DACOR Bacon House. From left: Roy Thiel, Robin Porter, Kitty Kelly, Ron Woods, Ed Kelly, Dick Burnham, Judith Woods, Ted Wilkinson, Alan Diefenbach, Xenia Wilkinson, Tony Freeman, Christine Bosworth and Steve Bosworth. LEGAL SERVICES TAX & FINANCIAL SERVICES LEGAL SERVICES ATTORNEY WITH 27 years’ successful experience SPECIALIZING FULL-TIME IN FS GRIEVANCES will more than double your chance of winning: 30% of grievants win before the Grievance Board; 85% of my clients win. Only a private attorney can ade- quately develop and present your case, including necessary regs, arcane legal doc- trines, precedents and rules. Call Bridget R. Mugane at Tel: (301) 596-0175. E-mail: fsatty@comcast.net Free initial consultation. EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS REPRE- SENTING FS officers in grievances, perfor- mance, promotion and tenure, financial claims, discrimination and disciplinary actions. We represent FS officers at all stages of the proceedings from an investigation, issuance of proposed discipline or the initiation of a grievance, through to a hearing before the FSGB. We provide experienced, timely and knowledgeable advice to employees from junior untenured officers through the Senior FS, and often work closely with AFSA. Kalijarvi, Chuzi & Newman. Tel: (202) 331-9260. E-mail: attorneys@kcnlaw.com WILLS/ESTATE PLANNING by attorney who is a former FSO. Have your will reviewed and updated, or newone prepared: No charge for initial consultation. M. Bruce Hirshorn, Boring & Pilger, P.C. 307Maple Ave. W, Suite D, Vienna, VA 22180. Tel: (703) 281-2161. Fax: (703) 281-9464. E-mail: mbhirshorn@boringandpilger.com TAX & FINANCIAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL TAXRETURNPREPA- RATION: Thirty-five years in public tax prac- tice. Arthur A. Granberg, EA, ATA, ATP. Our charges are $85 per hour. Most FS returns take 3 to 4 hours. Our office is 100 feet from Virginia Square Metro Station, Tax Matters Associates PC, 3601 North Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22201. Tel: (703) 522-3828. Fax: (703) 522-5726. E-mail: aag8686@aol.com F I NANC I AL CONSULTANTS : Kirkpatrick and Eisen Group, RBC Dain Rauscher, Washington, D.C. For information, please contact teammember and retired FSO Stephen Thompson at (202) 408-4563, or stephen.thompson@rbcdain.com, RBC Dain Rauscher, Member NYSE/SIPC. ROLAND S. HEARD, CPA 1091 Chaddwyck Dr. Athens, GA 30606 Tel/Fax: (706) 769-8976 E-mail: RSHEARDCPA@bellsouth.net • U.S. income tax services • Practiced before the IRS F IRST C ONSULTATION F REE WWW . ROLANDSHEARDCPA . COM VIRGINIA M. TEST, CPA: Tax service specializing in Foreign Service/overseas con- tractors. Contact info: Tel : (804) 695-2939. Fax: (804) 695-2958. E-mail: vtest@aol.com ATTORNEY, FORMER FOREIGN SER- VICE OFFICER: Extensive experience with tax problems unique to the Foreign Service. Available for consultation, tax planning and preparation of returns: M. Bruce Hirshorn, Boring & Pilger, P.C. 307Maple Ave. W, Suite D, Vienna, VA 22180. Tel: (703) 281-2161. Fax: (703) 281-9464. E-mail: mbhirshorn@boringandpilger.com