The Foreign Service Journal, April 2011

64 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 1 1 Center in Northfield, Minn., and the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabegina Founda- tion. Richard (Dick) R. Hart , 79, a re- tired FSO, died on Dec. 19, 2010, in Florence, S.C. Born onMarch 25, 1931, in Elkhart, Ind., Mr. Hart was raised in New Or- leans, La., and graduated from Florida Military Academy (high school) in St. Petersburg, Fla. He then returned to NewOrleans, where he received a B.A. in journalism fromTulane University in 1950. Mr. Hart was first called to serve in the Air Force, where he was posted to Korea as a personnel officer. After re- turning from Korea, he married his wife, Colleen, and the couple spent their first year of marriage on the Bloomington campus of Indiana Uni- versity, where he earned a master’s de- gree in political science and history, with a concentration in Chinese. In 1956, Mr. Hart entered the For- eign Service and began a 28-year ca- reer in diplomacy. After serving in Washington, D.C., and Yokahama, Mr. Hart was transferred to Taichung, Tai- wan, for language training and initia- tion as a China hand. He subse- quently served in Taipei, Kathmandu, Hong Kong and Bangkok before end- ing his career as the counselor for po- litical affairs in Beijing. Following retirement in 1984, Mr. Hart and his wife moved to Sarasota, Fla. He continued his government service by occasionally traveling with USIA’s Chinese visitors as a transla- tor/guide. Mr. Hart actively participated as a volunteer in the community, always concentrating on enhancing continu- ing learning for seniors and improving living options for those less fortunate. He served as a longtime board mem- ber of the Sarasota Institute of Life Time Learning, the Jefferson Center, the Retired Foreign Service Associa- tion, and their condo association. He was also a member of the Church of the Palms. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Colleen, of Indiana; three chil- dren, Amy Hart Vrampas (and her husband, Cosmas) serving in Muscat, Scott Nelson Hart (and his wife, Leola) of Leicester, N.C., and Jan- marie Hart Chatlosh (and her hus- band, Jeff) of Florence, S.C.; and six grandchildren, Jason and Justin Chat- losh, George and Alexandra Vrampas, and Brie and Zack Hart. William Keller Miller , 90, a re- tired Foreign Service officer and in- ternational civil servant, died on Jan. 1 at his home at the Jefferson Senior In- dependent Living Center in Arlington, Va. Born in Lancaster, Pa., Mr. Miller moved to Springfield, Ill., as a child. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Haverford College in 1941 with hon- ors in economics, and from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplo- macy in 1942. He was attending the Fletcher School at the time of Pearl Harbor, and recalled that following the attack he and his classmates were brought in to talk to the dean, who told them that they could do more for the world by staying in school and finishing their degrees than by immediately enlisting. Upon graduation he served in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1943. Mr. Miller joined the Department of State in 1943, serving at posts in Calcutta and Bombay. He then re- turned to Washington, D.C., where he mostly worked on German affairs. He met his future wife, the former Mar- garet Lavin, at the State Department, then co-located with the Departments of War and Navy in what is now the Old Executive Office Building. They were married in 1947. In 1951, Mr. Miller joined the For- eign Service. His diplomatic assign- ments included Helsinki (1957-1961); attendance at the NATODefense Col- lege, then located in Paris (1961- 1962); and Taipei (1962-1963). This was followed by a lengthy stay inWashington, D.C., where he worked on international trade and economic negotiations, including the General Agreements on Tarriff and Trade Bal- ance of Payments Committee, the ne- gotiation of changes to the Convention for Safety of Life at Sea following the Yarmouth Castle disaster, and negotia- tions for Fixed Satellites and Telecom- munications Services. From 1971 to 1974, he was posted to Geneva, fol- lowed by a posting in London (1974- 1978), where he served as the minister for economic and commercial affairs. In 1978, Mr. Miller joined the In- ternational Sugar Organization in Lon- don as its executive director, serving in that capacity until 1986. Following his second retirement, he lived in Arling- ton, Va., where he enjoyed playing golf and watching sports on TV. He was an avid fan of the Washing- ton Senators and the Nationals, and attended numerous baseball games during his life at Griffith Stadium, RFK Stadium and Nationals Park. He was also a lifelong fan of the Pitts- burgh Pirates, having been given a baseball signed by the entire team in the early 1930s when he was bedrid- I N M E M O R Y