The Foreign Service Journal, April 2005

political officer in Mumbai and Delhi from 1946 to 1950. He witnessed the transfer of power from Lord Mountbatten to Jawaharlal Nehru in India and, after the partition of the subcontinent, to Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Pakistan. In 1952, Mr. Jones was assigned to Moscow, serving during Joseph Stalin’s last days. From there, in 1953, he was transferred to Embassy Jeddah. He returned to Washington in 1954 as director of the Office of South Asian Affairs in the depart- ment. After an early retirement for med- ical reasons, Mr. Jones returned to Newbern and began to develop his interest in painting. He also became an active member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Mr. Jones valued highly his friends, both those at home and those he made when in the Foreign Service. Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Lou Pate Jones; a sister, Frances Graves; a neice; and a great-nephew and great-niece. Memorial contribu- tions may be sent to the Trezevant Manor Foundation in Memphis, Tenn., St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Dyersburg, Tenn., the Episcopal Relief and Development South Asia Relief Fund in Newark, N.J., or any other charity. Roger Alan McGuire , 61, a retired FSO and ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, died Jan. 24 at his home in Alexandria, Va., where he and his wife had resided since 1974. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer, which he had battled for seven years. Ambassador McGuire joined the Foreign Service in 1967. Highlights of his career were directing the U.S. Liaison Office during Namibia’s tran- sition to independence and opening the new embassy in Windhoek as charge d’affaires in 1990, and serving as ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau from 1992 to 1995. In 1991 he received a third Superior Honor Award that noted his “lasting contribution to democracy and self- determination in Africa.” Amb. McGuire’s 30-year career began in Vietnam, where he received an award for heroism. Subsequent postings, in addition to Namibia and Guinea-Bissau, included Portugal, Botswana, Mozambique, Paraguay, Zambia, Brazil and Australia. His Washington assignments included two tours of duty in the Office of West African Affairs, a year on Capitol Hill with the Congressional Fellowship program, and two stints traveling in the U.S. with the Board of Examiners. Amb. McGuire was a great mentor to junior officers and to students studying abroad. After retiring in 1997, he accompanied his wife, a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Information Agency, on another assignment to Mozambique. Upon returning to Washington in 2000, he volunteered to help select students from the former Soviet Union to par- ticipate in the American Councils for International Education’s Future Leaders Exchange Program. In all corners of the world, Amb. McGuire was famous for planning fabulous trips, pursuant to his passion for sports — especially baseball, rugby and ice hockey — and flavored by his interest in local cheeses, wines and trains. He caught the travel bug young. During summer vacations as a child, his parents traveled around the U.S. Eventually he had visited all 50 states, and went on to visit 80 coun- tries on six continents. A native of Troy, Ohio, Roger McGuire graduated from Beloit College in 1965, after study abroad in Switzerland and England and partici- pation in the Washington Semester program. He earned a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Wisconsin in 1967. He married Harriet Cooke of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1969. Amb. McGuire is survived by his wife; two daughters, Sara McGuire- Jay of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Casey McGuire Davidson of Seattle, Wash. He also leaves two sons-in-law, two grandchildren and additional beloved relatives in Ohio, Vermont and across the country. Donations in lieu of flowers can be sent to support the Africa Access pro- gram (P.O. Box 8028, Silver Spring MD 20910) or to the Troy Found- ation, Class of 1961 Fund (Attn: Bob Schlemmer, P.O. Box 8, Troy OH 45373). A memorial Web site has been cre- ated at www.edieandbrian.com/Roger McGuire. Lyle R. Piepenburg , 86, a retired FSO, died of cardiac arrest Oct. 25 in Evanston, Ill. Born and raised in Reedsville, Wisc., Mr. Piepenburg attended Westmoreland College in San Antonio, Texas, the University of Wisconsin Center in Manitowoc, Wisc., and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Before complet- ing his studies in languages and fine art, Mr. Piepenburg joined the Foreign Service in 1941. Mr. Piepenburg’s first posting was to Rome, where he was interned on Dec. 7, 1941, and held until June 1942, when he was repatriated to Lisbon. He served there briefly before his next posting to Foynes (Limerick), Ireland. Following the Anglo-American liberation of the Algerian coast, he was transferred to Algiers and remained there until after 58 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / A P R I L 2 0 0 5 I N M E M O R Y