The Foreign Service Journal, March 2014

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | MARCH 2014 63 follow-up to the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development. During this same period he was also a consultant to the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Govern- ment; the State Department’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmen- tal and Scientific Affairs; the Stanford Research Institute; and NATO. Mr. Hemily’s marriage to Marion McLatchy ended in divorce; she died in 2005. His partner of 37 years, Kathryn Arnow, predeceased him by one year. He is survived by his son, Philip Brendon Hemily of Toronto, Canada; daughters Valerie Hemily of Hilton Head Island, S.C., and Laurenne Hemily- Figus of Rome, Italy; and six grandchil- dren: Daphne, Julie, Oliviero, Orlando, Amadeo and Rocco. n Carolyn B. Jacobs , 93, wife of the late retired Foreign Service officer George R. Jacobs, died peacefully on Dec. 26, in Washington, D.C., following a stroke. Mrs. Jacobs was born on March 15, 1920, in Detroit, Mich., to Natalie Daboll Berry and Charles Harold Berry and grew up in Belmont, Mass., with her two sisters, Roberta and Ruth Allyn. She attended Bryn Mawr College and gradu- ated from Radcliffe College cum laude with a degree in anthropology. She joined the Office of Strategic Ser- vices in 1943 and was posted in London from 1944 until the end of World War II. She then returned to live in the Washing- ton area. After a brief marriage to Richard Ruggles, in 1945 she wed George R. Jacobs, who joined the State Department that year and received his commission as a Foreign Service officer in 1956. Mrs. Jacobs moved with her husband and family to posts in Thailand, England and the Philippines. She enjoyed traveling and living abroad and had a large circle of friends from around the world. After returning to Washington, D.C., from the last overseas assignment, Mrs. Jacobs worked for the National Abor- tion Rights Action League from 1975 to 1979, for Catholics for a Free Choice from 1982 to 1983 and for the law firm of Winn Newman from 1983 to 1987. In all of these positions, she was a self-taught office manager, supervisor and legal secretary. She was proud to contribute to the cause of reproductive rights and to the legal battle for comparable pay for women and minorities. In addition to her paid work, she volunteered for many years as a Foreign Service wife and was active in commu- nity organizations. She also served as a member and president of the board of the Woodward Condominium, where she lived for 40 years. She was able to live independently up to her death because of her many friends in the building and the support of Avis Johnson, Otto Cruz, Lourdes DiGiulian and Elma Hidalgo. Mrs. Jacobs’ husband, George, pre- deceased her in 2011, as did her sister Ruth Allyn Berry Hilton in 2004. She is survived by her sister, Roberta Berry Humez; her sister-in-law, Nancy Jacobs; her children, Michael B. Jacobs and Deb- orah Jacobs (and her husband, Robert J. Evert); three granddaughters: Carol J. Smith (and her husband, Joshua), Susan Jablow (and her husband, Jonathan) and Zoe Evert-Jacobs; and four great-grand- children, as well as nieces and nephews Martha Sidahmed, Ellen Humez, Phyllis Humez, Jon L. Hilton, Jim Jacobs, Rich Jacobs and Barbara Gaffen, and their spouses and children. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to Planned Parenthood, The Barker Foundation, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, the D.C. Public Library or a charity of your choice. n Dolores Duke Ortiz , 88, the wife of retired FSO and former ambassador Frank V. Ortiz, died on Dec. 27 at her home in Santa Fe, N.M. Mrs. Ortiz was born on Aug. 8, 1925, at Fort Riley, Kan., the daughter of General James T. Duke and Guadalupe O’Neill Duke. She referred to herself as an “Army brat” because her father was posted in Europe after World War II, so she lived and studied in France and Germany. On May 2, 1953, she married Frank V. Ortiz in the Post Chapel at Fort Myer, Va., and the couple celebrated 52 years of marriage before his death in 2005. Mr. Ortiz joined the Foreign Service in 1953. Mrs. Ortiz accompanied her hus- band on postings in Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Barbados, Guatemala, Panama, Argentina and Washington, D.C. In 1990, the couple retired to Santa Fe, where Mrs. Ortiz was a member of the congregation of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi and was active in many organizations, including the National Dance Institute and Friends of the Palace of the Governors. Mrs. Ortiz is survived by her brother, Leonard Duke (and his wife, Rosetta) of Louisville, Ky., and her four children: Tina of Santa Fe; Frank Jr. (and his wife, Susan, and their children Corinna and Andrew) of Potomac, Md.; Stephen (and his wife, Mary, and their children Victoria Marie and Alexander) of Taos, N.M.; and James (and his wife, Nicola, and their children Cassian and Lucas) of Tampa, Fla. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate contributions to the Ambas-