The Foreign Service Journal, May 2008

Mr. Dunlop is survived by his sons, Preston and Alexander; a daughter, Angela; and his former wife, the Rev. Betty Dunlop. Gifts in remembrance can be made to Parents and Associates of the Northern Virginia Training Center (www.parentsandassociates nvtc.com/) . Donald C. Ferguson , 79, a retired FSO, died on March 1 in San Diego, Calif., after a nine-year battle with cancer. Born on April 1, 1928, in Wichita, Kans., Mr. Ferguson graduated from East High School in 1946, and joined the Navy, completing his boot camp and electronics training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center near Chicago. He was stationed in Newport News, Va., and served as an electronics tech- nician aboard the USS Mt. Olympus , a communications ship in the Carib- bean. In 1953, Mr. Ferguson married Daryl Emerick, a fellow student in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. Mr. Ferguson studied under the G.I. Bill and earned a master’s degree in international relations from USC in 1956, joining the Foreign Service the same year. During a 30-year career with the Department of State, Mr. Ferguson served in Colombia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand, in addi- tion to several tours in Washington, D.C. Mr. Ferguson became a distin- guished graduate of the National War College in 1976. His language special- ty was Chinese. He was honored by the State Department with the Com- mendable Service Award for work in Washington during the early 1960s and with the John Jacob Rogers Award in 1985. The citation for the latter award reads, in part: “for outstanding dedica- tion and distinguished accomplish- ment during 29 years as a Foreign Service officer. Your achievements in Asia during the period of transition of United States and Taiwan relations and overall bilateral science and tech- nology relations between the two gov- ernments reflected the highest stan- dards of public service.” M A Y 2 0 0 8 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 69 I N M E M O R Y