The Foreign Service Journal, March 2008

in addition to various assignments with the Departments of State and Defense. He played notable roles regarding NATO force moderniza- tion, the Panama Canal Treaty imple- mentation and intelligence analysis concerning China and strategic trade controls. He retired in 2003. Mr. Paarlberg cultivated a lifelong love of classical philosophy, studying and writing extensively on the works of Plato. He is survived by his wife Heeja of Fairfax, Va.; a son, Michael, of Washington, D.C.; and a brother, Robert, of Watertown, Mass. David A. Roberts , 70, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on Nov. 29 in Scituate, Mass., after a brief ill- ness. Born and raised in Scituate, he served in the U.S. Navy before joining the State Department. His overseas postings included Amman, Ibadan, The Hague, Calcutta, Colombo, Tun- is, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Bonn, Ja- karta and Lima. Mr. Roberts retired in 1995, after serving as director of the department’s Miami Regional Center. Mr. Roberts will be remembered for his work ethic, for living life with enthusiasm and humor, and for his dedication to friends and family. Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Donna (Clark) Roberts, who accompanied him to all his posts; twin children, Scott C. Roberts of Kuala Lumpur, and Jennifer Cheh of Bar- rington, Ill.; two grandchildren, Kath- erine and Joseph Cheh; two brothers, Ralph Roberts and W. Scott Roberts of Scituate, Mass.; a sister, Gail Dus- seault of Belmont, Mass.; and many nieces and nephews. Herbert E. Weiner , 86, a retired Foreign Service officer who was one of the first labor attachés in the State Department, died Nov. 26 at his home in Washington, D.C. He had Alzheimer’s disease. Mr. Weiner was born on March 2, 1921, in New York City, where his parents ran a small grocery store in the Bronx. After graduating from the City College of New York in 1941, he M A R C H 2 0 0 8 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 77 I N M E M O R Y