The Foreign Service Journal, March 2023

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | MARCH 2023 63 food security in West Africa. At the U.S. embassy there, Ms. Reid worked first as a personnel assistant and later as a com- munity liaison officer. Mr. Reid excelled in the field of international development and became a career chief of party, directing USAID- funded projects in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Niger, Senegal, and Haiti for Tetra Tech (formerly Associates in Rural Development) and the Mitchell Group. Always respectful of local people and cultures, Mr. Reid was an exceptional leader of multicultural teams. Soft-spoken and down-to-earth, he easily gained the respect, admiration, and trust of those he served, thanks to his humility, compas- sion, and hard work. Throughout his long career, Mr. Reid was able to count on the love and sup- port of his wife, who was instrumental to his success, often accompanying him on field visits, organizing logistics, and translating and copyediting reports in French and English. In 2003 Ms. Reid completed the degree she had been pursuing before marrying and raising two children. She graduated from Suffolk University (Dakar, Senegal campus) magna cum laude with a bachelor of science in business admin- istration. She went on to serve as an admissions counselor for the university, recruiting and supporting the enrollment of students from French-speaking West African countries. Later the family moved to Burlington, Vt., where Mr. Reid served as a senior associate for democracy and governance at ARD Inc. (now Tetra Tech ARD) and Ms. Reid served as a program coordinator at Vermont Refugee Resettlement, a field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI). In 2009 the couple accepted an assign- ment in Haiti, where Mr. Reid worked on a USAID-funded local governance project to increase transparency and improve col- laboration among municipalities. They were in Port-au-Prince during the devastating earthquake of 2010, but instead of evacuating the country as most foreigners did, they chose to stay. Mr. Reid helped shore up the municipalities most affected by the earthquake and Ms. Reid supported efforts to protect internally displaced persons as an administrative coordinator and interim programman- ager, again for USCRI. After retiring in 2019 from Niger, the Reids finally returned to Concord with the intention of spending the rest of their lives with family and old friends. After a hiatus of several decades, Mr. Reid returned to playing tennis and enjoyed the challenges and camaraderie of doubles competitions. Spurred on by the pandemic’s emphasis on outdoor activi- ties, the couple enjoyed hiking together on Concord’s vast trail system. Although not a publicly affectionate man, Mr. Reid left a trove of romantic let- ters written to his wife. Forming a remark- able team throughout their married and professional lives, Steve and Wendy Reid lived and died next to each other, united for better or worse, when their lives were cruelly taken in an unprovoked shooting in April 2022 on a hiking trail in Concord. This exceptional couple will be remem- bered for their lifelong contributions to making the world a better place. They left an indelible mark on the lives of people around the world, their children, and all who knew them. The Reids were predeceased by his parents, William and Peggy-Ann (Leavitt) Reid, and her parents, Bila and Poco Pasgo. They are survived by their daughter, Lindsay Wenkouni Reid (and her hus- band, Nathan Reynolds) of Vt.; their son, Brian Reid (and his wife, Jackelina) of Fla.; their respective brothers: Peter Reid (and his wife, Barbara) of Concord, Vt., Mark Reid (and his wife, Isabel) of Miami, Fla., Scott Reid (and his wife, Marion) of Warner, N.H., Jacob Pasgo (and his wife, Happy Pasgo) of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and Benjamin Pasgo (and his wife, Delphine) of Lomé, Togo; their respective sisters: Susan Forey (and her husband, Rod Forey) of Concord, Vt., Marie Pasgo of Lomé, Togo, and Elise Pasgo of Lomé, Togo; and many beloved nieces, nephews, and cousins. n Glenn Alvin Smith, 73, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on Nov. 9, 2022, in Battlement Mesa, Colo., with his loving wife, Patsy, and daughter, Saman- tha, by his side. Born on Sept. 11, 1949, Mr. Smith grew up in Golden and Glenwood Springs, Colo. As a young man, he held an impres- sive variety of jobs: He sold donuts door-to-door, had numerous paper routes, worked in a grocery store as a sacker and stocker, cleaned irrigation ditches as a ranch hand, and worked as a service sta- tion attendant and auto mechanic. After graduating from high school in 1967, Mr. Smith followed several friends and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, claiming it was the best thing he could have done, since otherwise, he was surely headed for jail. As a Marine, he worked as an airframes mechanic and an aviation metal smith. After four years in the Marine Corps and opting not to complete his college degree, he joined the U.S. Army for a seven-year stint. There he worked as a code breaker, signals analyst, and techni- cal writer. Upon leaving the military, he applied for and was finally appointed to a general services officer position in the Foreign