The Foreign Service Journal, March 2014

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | MARCH 2014 67 He enjoyed traveling with his family, reading, writing, running, walking and playing squash. Mr. Wootton is survived by his wife of 69 years, Bette, of San Diego; daughters Cheryl Brierton, Cynthia Wootton, Emily Zack Bates and Ginny Gallagher LaRowe of San Diego, and Laurel Freeman of Huntington Beach, Calif.; a son, Charles (Chad) Wootton of Los Angeles, Calif.; eight grandsons and three granddaugh- ters; one great-grandson and four great- granddaughters; and four sons-in-law: Chuck Freeman, Alan Clark, Randy Bates and Kirk LaRowe; and one daughter-in- law, Amy Wootton. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Kids at Heart program of Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church. n WilliamMarshall Wright , 87, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on Dec. 31 in Falls Church, Va., of complica- tions from a fall. Born on July 14, 1926, in El Dorado, Ark., Mr. Wright was the son of the late John Harvey Wright and Helen Vaughan Williams. He graduated fromWestern Military Academy in Alton, Ill., and later fromGeorgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He also attended the Uni- versity of Arkansas, did graduate work at Cornell University and L’Universite D’Aix Marseilles, and was a senior fellow at the National War College. During WorldWar II, Mr. Wright served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a scout and sniper. He joined the Foreign Service in 1953 and served for more than two decades in Egypt, Canada, Burma,Thailand and Washington, D.C. From1963 to 1964, he was the spokesman for the Department of State. During the Johnson and Nixon admin- istrations, he was a senior staff officer at the National Security Council, serving at various times as director of long-range planning and as director for Asian, African and United Nations affairs. His final Foreign Service assignment was as assis- tant secretary of State for congressional relations under Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. In 1966, Mr. Wright received the State Department’s Meritorious Service Award and in 1972, the Distinguished Honor Award. He is the author of “Responsible Restraint—An American Foreign Policy Imperative,” which was published in the Journal of the National War College in 1968. Following retirement from the Foreign Service, Mr. Wright joined Eaton Corpora- tion in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1974 as vice president for corporate affairs. He served there until 1991, when he retired. He moved to Hilton Head Island, S.C., in 2005 and, later, to Falls Church, Va. While with Eaton, Mr. Wright served as chairman of the Public Affairs Council for the Manufacturers’ Alliance for Produc- tivity and Innovation; as chairman of the Executive Committee of The Conference Board; as chairman of the Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations; and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Citizens League Research Institute. He also served as a member of the Musical Arts Association of The Cleve- land Orchestra, chairman of the Ameri- can Red Cross of Greater Cleveland, a member of the board of the Town Hall of Cleveland, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Institute of Music. He was a member of Church of the Cross Episcopal in Bluffton, S.C. Mr. Wright was predeceased by his first wife, Mabel Olean (Mickey) John- son. He is survived by his wife, Lind Groseclose Wright; two sons, William Marshall Wright Jr. (and his wife, Karen Webster) of Arlington, Va., and Jefferson Vaughan Wright (and his wife, Denise) of Baltimore, Md.; two stepdaughters, Mary Hawthorne Vaughan of Hilton Head, S.C., and Dr. Sara Vaughan Salmon of Charlottesville, Va.; two grandsons, Tristan Webster Wright and Peter Webster Wright; two granddaughters, Alexandra Johnson Wright and Kather- ine Vaughan Wright; a great-grandson, Crosby Fitzgerald Wright; and a step- sister, Mrs. Herman Vincent of Lake Charles, La. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity or to Thomas Jeffer- son’s Poplar Forest, P.O. Box 419, Forest VA 24551. n You Are Our Eyes & Ears! Dear Readers: In order to produce a high-quality product, the FSJ depends on the revenue it earns from advertising. You can help with this. Please let us know the names of companies that have provided good service to you — a hotel, insurance company, auto dealership, or other concern. A referral from our readers is the best entrée! Ed Miltenberger Advertising & Circulation Manager Tel: (202) 944-5507 E-mail: miltenberger@afsa.org