The Foreign Service Journal, March 2016

74 MARCH 2016 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS I am so blessed to be a recipient of an AFSA scholarship. It means the world to me to be able to study at a university. One day hopefully, I can help others as AFSA has so generously assisted me. —Andrea C. Salazar, Junior, George Mason University George and Mattie Newman Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship George Newman joined the Department of State in 1951, kicking off his 30-year career as a Foreign Service officer. Soon after entering the Service, he met Martha, “Mattie,” and they married. The Newmans’ overseas posts included London and a large number of assignments in Asia. They never had children, but became good friends with another FS couple Elvin and Edith Roseman. Janet, the Rosemans’ daughter, lived with the Newmans in Manila to attend high school while her parents were posted in Cambodia where there was no appropriate school. During his last few months of life George Newman told Janet that he wanted to make sure “the young people (of the Foreign Service) were going to be taken care of.” Mattie predeceased George, and when he passed away in 2008, the AFSA Scholarship Fund and Janet Roseman Bayless were the equal beneficiaries of his estate. Isaac Pearson Son of Connie and Kurt Pearson. Recipient of the Norton W. Bell Financial Aid Scholarship, the Arthur B. Emmons Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Sheldon Whitehouse Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. Attending James Madison University. Alana Perera Daughter of Michele Balthazaar and Dale Boustead. Recipient of the David D. Newsom Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the George and Mattie Newman Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Evelyn K. and Horace J. Nickels Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. Attending California State University, Northridge. Rebecca Post Daughter of Jonathan and Kathryn Post. Recipient of the Linda K. Fitzgerald Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Heyward G. Hill Memorial/ DACOR Bacon House Foundation Financial Aid Scholarship. Attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Wanit Ruekit Son of Kanyanee Bras. Recipient of the Martin G. Patterson Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Charles C. and Janet K. Stelle Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Cameron C. Turner Jr. Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. Attending Saint Leo University. Andrea Salazar Daughter of Jose andWendy Salazar. Recipient of the Associates of the Foreign ServiceWorldwide Financial Aid Scholarship. Attending George Mason University. Kathleen Saunders Daughter of Robert and Wendy Saunders. Recipient of the Heyward G. Hill Memorial/DACOR Bacon House Foundation Financial Aid Scholarship. Attending University of New Mexico. Amelia Smith Daughter of Matthew and Susan Smith. Recipient of the Kiang Fund for Excellence Financial Aid Scholarship and the Dalton V. Killion Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. Attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Avery Smith Son of Matthew and Susan Smith. Recipient of the Heyward G. Hill Memorial/DACOR Bacon House Foundation Financial Aid Scholarship. Attending Oberlin College. Madeline Strandemo Daughter of Guy and Kimberly Strandemo. Recipient of the Marc Grossman and Mildred Patterson Financial Aid Scholarship, the Harriet Winsar Isom Financial Aid Scholarship and the George and Mattie Newman Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. Attending University of Minnesota. Thomas Strandemo Son of Guy and Kimberly Strandemo. Recipient of the Elizabeh N. Landeau Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Elbert G. and Naomi M. Mathews Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the George and Mattie Newman Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. Attending University of Louisiana, Lafayette. Antigone Valen Daughter of Kelly and Stephen Valen. Recipient of the Suzanne Marie Collins Financial Aid Memorial Scholarship, the Linda K. Fitzgerald Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the George and Mattie Newman Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. Attending Princeton University. Arianna Volciak Daughter of Christopher Sr. and Sabrina Volciak. Recipient of the Alice and John Hubler Annual Financial Aid Scholarship and the Christopher and Eliza Van Hollen Memorial Financial