The Foreign Service Journal, March 2008

Ind.; and four grandchildren, Alexan- der and Natalie Walsh and Robert and Katherine Ward. Viola Ethel Grise , 91, a retired Foreign Service employee with the U.S. Information Agency, died on Nov. 6 at the Jewish Nursing Home in Longmeadow, Mass. Born in Springfield, Mass., to the late Edmund N. and Ethel M. (Poll- ner) Grise, Ms. Grise graduated from the High School of Commerce there in 1934. Her adult life was full of trav- el, and she developed friendships all over the world. She served as a secre- tary with USIA from 1950 to 1974, when she retired. She was posted in Turkey, Finland, Italy, Vietnam, Haiti, Iran, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Washington, D.C. Following her retirement, Ms. Grise settled in Rhode Island for 10 years before moving back to her native Springfield in 1984. She was a longtime communicant of St. Paul the Apostle Church there. She was known especially for her humor and optimism, and her wonderful stories of adventure and travel, friends and relatives recall. Ms. Grise was predeceased by her three sisters, Edith Favarato, Louise Grise and Marian Oakes. She is sur- vived by two nieces, Melinda Moran and Diane Crum, and a nephew, John Favarato, all of East Longmeadow; and five great-nieces and great-nephews. Donations may be made to Jewish Geriatric Services (directed to the de- velopment office for activities), 770 Converse Street, Longmeadow MA 01106. E. Jan Nadelman , 85, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on Nov. 24 at the New York-Presbyterian Hos- pital Allen Pavilion from pneumonia. Mr. Nadelman was the only child of Viola and Elie Nadelman, the world-famous sculptor. During his early years, he and his parents divided their time between a home on the Upper East Side and the family’s Riverdale, N.Y., estate, Alderbrook. Mr. Nadelman attended Riverdale Country School and Princeton Uni- versity, graduating magna cum laude in January 1943. In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and earned three battle stars for service in military intelligence in the European Theater of Operations. While assigned to a British sector in March 1945, he par- ticipated with British commandos in the first amphibious crossing of the Rhine River. In 1946, he joined the Foreign Service. At first, he served as a profes- sor, training hundreds of newly appointed officers at the Foreign Service Institute. In the late 1950s he became the youngest member of the board of directors of the American Foreign Service Association. In 1961, during Mr. Nadelman’s posting as consul and principal officer in Poznan, the U.S. consulate and res- idence were attacked by rioters protesting the Bay of Pigs invasion. In 1962, he was chosen as the U.S. delegate to the International Quaker Conference for Diplomats at Clarens, Switzerland. He spoke French, Spanish, German, Italian and Polish. During the crisis years from 1962 to 1964 in Berlin, he served as the U.S. member of the Tripartite Politi- cal Working Group (with the United Kingdom and France). He was post- ed to Monrovia in 1964. Upon his return to the Depart- ment of State in the late 1960s he was designated alternate country director for nine African countries in the Bureau of African Affairs. In 1969 and 1970 he sat on the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service. His last official position was as a spe- cial assistant in the Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs in Washington. After retiring in 1972, Mr. Nadel- man returned to Riverdale to man- age the art estate of his father, dur- ing a period of increasing fame for the sculptor and his work. An art lover himself, Mr. Nadelman had his own collection of African works, which he acquired while stationed in Liberia and during his travels in West Africa. Mr. Nadelman was a board mem- ber of a number of organizations and clubs, including the Riverdale Yacht Club. His hobbies included sailing, fishing, hunting, skating, photogra- phy, cross-country skiing and kayak- ing. He was also an avid swimmer. Mr. Nadelman was married to the late Joyce V. Cavanah (Nadelman), for- merly of the Foreign Service, from 1947 until her death in 1993. They had two children, Cynthia J. Nadelman of New York City and Philip J. Nadelman of Riverdale, who survive them. In 1993, he married Laurelaine Buckingham Reid, who resides at Alderbrook. Don Paarlberg Jr. , 63, a retired Foreign Service officer, passed away on Oct. 15 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., due to complications from cancer. Mr. Paarlberg was born in New York and grew up in West Lafayette, Ind., and Silver Spring, Md. He earn- ed a master’s degree from Northwest- ern University and served in the Peace Corps in Nepal. In 1974, Mr. Paarlberg joined the Foreign Service. He served as a polit- ical officer in the Republic of Korea, Micronesia, Hong Kong and Panama, 76 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / M A R C H 2 0 0 8 I N M E M O R Y