The Foreign Service Journal, May 2010

68 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / M A Y 2 0 1 0 Bryan H. Baas , 77, a retired FSO, died on July 18, 2009, at his home in Severna Park, Md., of lung cancer. Born on June 13, 1933, in Chicago, Mr. Baas served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1953. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1956 with a bach- elor’s degree in business administration. In 1956, he joined the Foreign Serv- ice, retiring in 1985 after a 29-year diplomatic career. He served in Af- ghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Britain, Ire- land and Washington, D.C. Mr. Baas had diverse interests throughout his life. In earlier years, he put a lot of effort into training his Ger- man shepherds, becoming something of an expert on that subject. He continued reading Arabic to the end of his life and was learning Hebrew at the time of his death. In addition to French and Spanish literature, he en- joyed theater, opera, ballet and sym- phony. In retirement, he was active in the Alliance Française, Friends of the An- napolis Chorale and “Peer Learning Partners,” a senior educational program at Anne Arundel Community College, for which he served as an officer and taught several classes. Friends recall Mr. Baas as an ad- mirable, modest and courageous man who was solicitous of those he left be- hind, true to his character during his brief illness and inspiring to those who shared his last weeks with him. Mr. Baas was predeceased in 1976 by his first wife, Virginia “Ginny” Amos; and in 2003 by his second wife, Hélène Pizem, who had been in the Canadian Foreign Service. He is survived by his son, Todd Baas, and his brother-in-law, John Amos, both of San Antonio, Texas, and by many friends. Memorial contributions may be made to the SPCA of Anne Arundel County, P.O. Box 3471, Annapolis MD 21403. Robert M. Beaudry , 86, a retired Senior FSO, died on Jan. 29 of respira- tory failure at Forest Park Health Cen- ter in Carlisle, Pa. Mr. Beaudry was born in Lewiston, Maine, onMay 12, 1923. He graduated from Edward Little High School in 1940 and went on to study economics at The Catholic University of America, graduating magna cum laude. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II, he joined the Foreign Service in 1946. His first post was Dublin, where he helped implement the Marshall Plan. Over the next 30 years, he held positions of increasing re- sponsibility in Europe and in Washing- ton, D.C. When he returned toWashington in 1977, Mr. Beaudry was named director of the Office of Regional Political and Economic Affairs in the Bureau of Eu- ropean Affairs. His last overseas ap- pointment was as minister counselor in Rome. In retirement, he returned toMaine and became actively involved in state Democratic Party politics. He was also engaged in community projects such as the LighthouseMuseumof Maine, and was a volunteer interviewer for Scar- borough Public Television. Mr. Beaudry is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jacqueline Chouinard Beaudry of Carlisle, Pa., and four chil- dren: Paul Beaudry of Cleveland, Ohio; John Beaudry, an FSOposted inDakar; Catherine Beaudry of Carlisle; and Mary Beaudry Fienup of Basye, Va.; and seven grandchildren. Marshall Brement , 77, a retired FSO and former ambassador and ex- pert in Sino-Soviet affairs, died on April 6, 2009, in Tucson, Ariz., frommultiple myeloma, a bone-marrow cancer, and secondary amyloidosis. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1932, Mr. Brement graduated from Brooklyn College and received a master’s degree in American civilization from the Uni- versity of Maryland. He served in the Air Force for two years during the Ko- rean War. In 1955, he joined the Foreign Serv- ice and studied Mandarin Chinese in I N M EMORY