The Foreign Service Journal, April 2013

the Foreign Service journal | april 2013 69 The Nixon White House moved care- fully toward diplomatic recognition of Bangladesh, finally making it official in 1972, the year Mr. Van Hollen was named U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Ambassador Van Hollen served in Colombo for four years, during which he enjoyed a cordial relationship with Sri Lankan President Sirimavo Bandara- naike. Amb. Van Hollen returned to Washing- ton, D.C., to run the State Department’s senior seminar before retiring in 1979. Following retirement, he was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and director of the old American Institute for Islamic Affairs. Amb. Van Hollen was predeceased by his wife, Edith, in 2007. He is survived by his son, U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen Jr., D-Md., of Kensington, Md.; two daughters, Caroline Van Hollen of Washington, D.C., and Cecilia Van Hollen of Fayetteville, N.Y.; two sisters; and five grandchildren. n Alice Marie Weaver , 70, a retired Foreign Service officer, died of natural causes in Phoenix, Ariz., the city of her birth, on Feb. 21. The youngest child of Elva Delton Weaver and Laura Mitchell Weaver, Ms. Weaver was born on Feb. 25, 1942. She and her older sister Teresa Ann (1939- 1997) grew up in northeast Phoenix as part of a close-knit extended family. She graduated from Camelback High School in 1960, where she sang in the chorus and was renowned for her roles as lead contralto and frequent soloist. She went on to business college and then to work briefly in Phoenix. Ms. Weaver had a thirst for adventure and travel, and joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1969. She served as executive assistant/office management special- ist to chiefs of section, consuls general, deputy chiefs of mission and ambassa- dors around the globe. She served in the Dominican Republic, Thailand, Pakistan, Guatemala (her favorite post), Mexico, Nigeria, Korea, the Congo, the Nether- lands, Yugoslavia and Paraguay, in addi- tion to Washington, D.C. Her family benefited greatly fromMs. Weaver’s commitment to the Foreign Service and her love of adventure. Her sister and other family members took advantage of her postings to visit foreign parts themselves, always finding a great host. Those at home benefited from cre- ative gifts that brought the world to them: a Dominican rocking chair for a wedding; a child’s kimono to celebrate a birth; wooden carvings and a quilt from Africa; and Christmas delights galore, including dolls fromThailand that now entrance a second generation of children. Returning home to Phoenix as often as possible, Ms. Weaver maintained close contact with her family and retired there in 1997. She took on part-time work and became active in the community, volun- teering at the Arizona Humane Society and the Area Center for Aging. Ms. Weaver is remembered for her dry wit, large laugh and generosity of spirit. All who knew her are richer from her time on earth. She is survived by her nephews, Frank and Dan Rich; her nieces, Kathi Wood- ley and Kristi Udell; her cousins, Pam Fishman, Judy Mitchell and Jan Brady; and her grandnieces and grandnephews,