The Foreign Service Journal, April 2013

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | APRIL 2013 55 AFSA NEWS On Jan. 20, longtime AFSA member Ambassador Chris- topher Van Hollen passed away at the age of 90 from complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Born in 1922, Amb. Van Hollen served in the U.S. military from 1943 to 1946. He received his undergradu- ate degree from Haverford College in 1947, and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins Univer- sity in 1951. Christopher Van Hollen joined the Foreign Service in 1951, and served in India, Pakistan and Turkey. He was appointed U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives in 1972. He also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, and ran the department's senior seminar before his retire- ment in 1979. Later, Amb. Van Hollen was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and then served as director of the American Institute for Islamic Affairs. His son, Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr., D-Md., represents Maryland’s 8th district in the U.S. House of Representatives. In memory of Amb. Van Hollen, AFSA is collecting contributions through the AFSA Scholarship Fund to establish an undergradu- ate financial aid scholarship in his name for a child of a Foreign Service employee. Secure online contributions can be made via credit card (using PayPal) by visiting www.afsa.org/vanhol- len. C hecks, payable to the AFSA Scholarship Fund (with “Van Hollen Scholarship” in the memo field) can be sent to the American Foreign Ser- vice Association Scholarship Program, 2101 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20037. For additional informa- tion, please contact AFSA Scholarship Director Lori Dec at (202) 944-5504 or dec@ afsa.org. n Amb. Christopher Van Hollen Scholarship to be Established BY LORI DEC, AFSA SCHOLARSHIP DIRECTOR GET READY! PUBLIC SERVICE 5K RUN/WALK MAY 5 AFSA is a sponsor of the inaugural Public Service 5K Run/Walk on May 5, at 8 a.m., at Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia Park. The event celebrates Public Service Recognition Week 2013 , and is organized by the Public Employees Roundtable. All proceeds will go to the Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund. Advance registration is required. For more information and to register, please go to publicservicerecognitionweek.org/events/. AFSA is featured on the event poster, and t-shirts with the slogan, “America's Diplomats- Serving You Around the World,” will be available.