The Foreign Service Journal, March 2012

M A R C H 2 0 1 2 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 61 A F S A N E W S AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Upcoming AFSA Events Member of Congress: On Thursday, March 8, at 4 p.m., AFSA will welcome Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., to discuss the congressional climate for the upcoming foreign affairs budget cycle. Having grown up as a Foreign Service child, the congressman will also talk about his personal connection to the Foreign Service. Rep. Van Hollen has been a tremendous supporter of the Foreign Service on Capitol Hill, and we look forward to hearing his views. This event is part of our Booz Allen Hamilton-sponsored lecture series, “A New Frontier in Diplomacy and Development: People and Programs.” AFSA Book Notes: On Monday, March 19 at 2 p.m., we will present the first AFSA Book Notes selection of 2012. The book is China Hand: An Autobiography , by John Paton Davies Jr. At the height of the McCarthyite hysteria of the 1950s, Davies, a career diplomat, was sum- moned to the State Department one morning and fired. His offense? During World War II, he advised the U.S. government of his belief that Communist Chinese forces were poised to take over the country — which they ultimately did in 1949. Davies and thousands of others became the victims of a political maelstrom that engulfed the country and deprived the United States of the wisdom and guidance of an entire generation of East Asian diplomats and scholars. Mr. Davies died in 1999; Patricia Davies, his daughter, will discuss the book and her father’s career. She will be accompanied by Todd Purdum, national editor at Vanity Fair , who wrote the foreword to the book. Copies will be available for purchase. Both events will take place at AFSA, 2101 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. We request that anyone interested in attending RSVP to events@afsa.org. Staff: Executive Director Ian Houston: houston@afsa.org Business Department Director of Finance Femi Oshobukola: oshobukola@afsa.org Controller Kalpna Srimal: srimal@afsa.org Assistant Controller Cory Nishi: cnishi@afsa.org Labor Management General Counsel Sharon Papp: papps@state.gov Deputy General Counsel Zlatana Badrich: badrichz@state.gov Labor Management Specialist James Yorke: yorkej@state.gov Labor Management Counselor Janet Weber: weber@afsa.org Senior Staff Attorney Neera Parikh: parikhna@state.gov Staff Attorney Raeka Safai: safair@state.gov Staff Attorney Andrew Large: largea@state.gov Office Manager Christine Warren: warrenc@state.gov USAID Senior Labor Management Adviser Douglas Broome: dbroome@usaid.gov USAID Staff Assistant Stefan Geyer: geyer@afsa.org Member Services Member Services Director Janet Hedrick: hedrick@afsa.org Member Services Representative Kristy Pomes: pomes@afsa.org Administrative Assistant and Office Manager Ana Lopez: lopez@afsa.org Communications, Marketing and Outreach Retiree Counseling & Legislation Coordinator Bonnie Brown: brown@afsa.org Director of Communications Thomas Switzer: switzer@afsa.org Director of Policy Edward Dickens: dickens@afsa.org Legislative Assistant Clint Lohse: lohse@afsa.org Executive Assistant to the President Patrick Bradley: bradley@afsa.org Scholarship Director Lori Dec: dec@afsa.org Scholarship Program Assistant Jonathan Crawford: crawford@afsa.org Marketing & Outreach Manager Asgeir Sigfusson: sigfusson@afsa.org Special Awards & Outreach Coordinator Perri Green: green@afsa.org Web and IT Assistant Jeff Lau: lau@afsa.org AFSA HEADQUARTERS: (202) 338-4045; Fax: (202) 338-6820 STATE DEPARTMENT AFSA OFFICE: (202) 647-8160; Fax: (202) 647-0265 USAID AFSA OFFICE: (202) 712-1941; Fax: (202) 216-3710 FCS AFSA OFFICE: (202) 482-9088; Fax: (202) 482-9087 PRESIDENT: johnson@afsa.org STATE VP: hirschdm@state.gov RETIREE VP: megilroy@gmail.com USAID VP: fzamora@usaid.gov FAS VP: david.mergen@fas.usda.gov FCS VP: keith.curtis@mail.doc.gov AFSA News Editor Donna Ayerst: ayerst@afsa.org (202) 944-5516; Fax: (202) 338-6820 Foreign Service Journal FSJ: journal@afsa.org Editor Steven Alan Honley: honley@afsa.org Senior Editor Susan Maitra: maitra@afsa.org Associate Editor Shawn Dorman: dorman@afsa.org Ad & Circulation Manager Ed Miltenberger: miltenberger@afsa.org Art Director Caryn Suko Smith: journaldesign@comcast.net On the Web AFSA WEB SITE: www.afsa.org FSJ: www.afsa.org/fsj How to Contact Us: Governing Board: PRESIDENT: Susan R. Johnson STATE VP: Daniel Hirsch USAID VP: Francisco Zamora FCS VP: Keith Curtis FAS VP: David Mergen RETIREE VP: Mary Ellen Gilroy SECRETARY: Vacant TREASURER: Andrew Winter STATE REPS: Matthew Asada William Bent Grace Choi Les Hickman Kenneth Kero-Mentz Kimberly Krhounek Elise Mellinger Joyce Namde David Zwach USAID REPS: Michael Henning Iris Young FCS REP: Steve Morrison FAS REP: Andrew Burst IBB REP: Andre De Nesnera RETIREE REPS: Robert Houdek Edward Marks Hugh Neighbour Molly Williamson Thank You, Ambassador Dillery AFSA extends its deep appreciation and gratitude to Ambassa- dor C. Edward Dillery for his dedicated service to the association. In January, Amb. Dillery stepped down as chairman of the AFSA Scholarship Committee after 14 years of service. (Please see Amb. Dillery’s article on the AFSA Scholarship Program on page 34.) Over the course of a 38-year career in the Foreign Service, Amb. Dillery served in Japan, Belgium, Vietnam, England, Cyprus and Washington, D.C., before being appointed U.S. ambassador to Fiji (1984-1987). After retiring, he served for two years as the AFSA vice president for retirees and taught several AFSA-sponsored Elderhostel (now Road Scholar) courses before taking up the Scholarship Committee chairmanship in 1997. New Scholarship Committee Chair During its January meeting, the AFSA Scholarship Committee selected Ambassador Lange Schermerhorn as the new chair. Amb. Schermerhorn entered the Foreign Service in 1966 and retired in 2001 after 35 years of service. She was deputy chief of mission in Belgium and served as ambassador to Djibouti (1998-2000), among many other assignments. Amb. Schermerhorn has served as treasurer of Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired and as a member of DACOR’s education committee. She has also served on the Foreign Service Journal Editorial Board. AFSA is proud to welcome Amb. Schermerhorn as chairwoman of the AFSA Scholar- ship Committee. Flannery Scholarship Established for 2012-2013 Mrs. Laurence Flannery has established The Terence Flannery Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship in honor of her late husband. The 2012-2013 scholarship is a one-time-only, need-based award that will be given to the child of a Foreign Service employee to assist in meet- ing his or her undergraduate college expenses. Mr. Flannery joined the Foreign Commercial Service in 1984. His first overseas posting was Paris, where Mrs. Flannery continues to reside. In 1997, Mr. Flannery retired from the Foreign Service, and resumed a private-sector career in Paris and Brussels. He passed away in 2009. For information on AFSA Scholarships, please contact Scholarship Director Lori Dec at dec@afsa.org or (202) 944-5504.