The Foreign Service Journal, March 2012

70 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 1 2 I N M EMORY Calvin C. Berlin , 86, a retired For- eign Service officer, died of heart fail- ure on Oct. 15, 2011, at his home in Lafayette, Ind. Mr. Berlin was born on March 4, 1925, in Homeworth, Ohio. He served in the United States Army in Europe from 1943 to 1946. He earned a B.A. from the University of Mount Union (formerly Mount Union College) in 1950 and a Ph.D. in history from Indi- ana University in 1956. He taught his- tory at Bridgewater College in Virginia and then Wittenberg University in Ohio before becoming a diplomat. Mr. Berlin joined the State Depart- ment Foreign Service in 1959. His overseas assignments included Naples, Port-of-Spain, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, London and Mexico City. He retired in 1985 as a career minister in the Foreign Com- mercial Service. After retiring from the Foreign Service, Mr. Berlin worked as an inter- national trade consultant in Europe for the state of Indiana, spending three years in London and Amsterdam. He then taught international business at Ball State University for three years and worked as a trade consultant for Amer- ican Electric Power for eight years. Mr. Berlin is survived by his wife of 63 years, Carolyn (Buchman), of Lafay- ette, Ind.; four children, Anne Painter of Lafayette, Ind., Robert of Atlanta, Ga., Marilyn of Indianapolis, Ind., and Cynthia of La Crosse, Wisc.; eight grandchildren; and three great-grand- daughters. Richard Garon “Dick” Johnson , 90, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on Nov. 19 of natural causes at his home in Potomac, Md. Mr. Johnson was a native of New Haven, Conn. His interest in diplo- macy was piqued at high school in Port Washington, N.Y., during a talk given there by State Department official Wilbur Carr. Johnson resolved to be- come a diplomat and began studying German. From 1943 to 1945 he served in Army counterintelligence in Europe, and in 1946 graduated from Yale Uni- versity (Class of ’44). He completed postgraduate studies at the Johns Hop- kins School of Advanced International Studies in 1947, and joined the Foreign Service the same year. During a 34-year Foreign Service career, he served in Italy, Czechoslova- kia, Poland, Algeria and France. He was consul general in Asmara and DCM in Sofia, Brussels (NATO) and Stockholm. In Washington, he served as deputy director of East Europe and Yugoslav affairs. He was at the NATO Defense College in Paris in 1964 and was Diplomat-in-Residence at the State University of New York in 1970- 1971. Mr. Johnson received a State De- partment Superior Honor Award for his work in Algiers during Algeria’s quest for independence in the 1960s. Following retirement in 1981, Mr. Johnson continued his lifelong interest in diplomacy and foreign affairs, partic- ipating in State Department declassifi- cation operations until 2000. With the nomadic Foreign Service life behind him, his home in Potomac became a family base where he pursued his pas- sion for reading, music, keeping up with world affairs, playing golf and trav- eling with friends. Family and friends remember Mr. Johnson’s enduring interest in learning about and reaching out to other cul- tures — a quality he imparted to his two children, both of whom followed him into diplomatic careers. They also recall his simple dignity, refreshing sense of humor, strong work ethic and deep pride in his country. Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife of 64 years, Adaline Rockwell Johnson, of Potomac; their children, Susan R. Johnson of Washington, D.C., presi- dent of the American Foreign Service Association, and Richard G. Johnson Jr. of Geneva, Switzerland; and three granddaughters, Morgane, Marianne and Una.