The Foreign Service Journal, June 2007

Norman Cowell Barnes , 83, a retired FSO, died peacefully in his sleep on March 8. He had Parkin- son’s disease. Mr. Barnes was born in New York City. He attended elementary school in New Jersey and prep school at the Wooster School in Danbury, Conn. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1943 to 1945, in the Asiatic Pacific Theater aboard the USS Biloxi , a light cruiser, which earned the nickname “Busy Bee” because it joined all major battles from the Marshall Islands to Okinawa. After discharge, he married Jean- Marie Mahon on Dec. 27, 1946, and entered the University of North Carolina, graduating in June 1950 with a B.A. degree in communications. With his wartime experience in Asia and his communications studies, he joined the Voice of America in New York City. There he produced the program “America Calling the Philippines.” The experience whetted his appetite for foreign relations, and he joined the Foreign Service in 1954. Mr. Barnes’ first posting was to Manila; then, in 1957, he was assigned to Hong Kong. In 1959 he was detailed to Chinese-language area training at FSI, and in 1960 to Taipei for Chinese-language training. He subsequently served in Singapore, Malaysia, Laos (during the Vietnam War), Pakistan and Korea. Despite the demands of diplomat- ic service, he still found time for his favorite sporting hobbies — auto rac- ing, golf and sailing. He drove twice in the Macau Grand Prix and once in the Malaysian Grand Prix. While sta- tioned in Laos, he drove in a U.N.- sponsored motor rally from Tehran to Dakha. After 34 years in the Foreign Service, Mr. andMrs. Barnes retired to Cape Cod, where they continued an active life in the mid-Cape area. The couple celebrated their 50th and 60th wedding anniversaries there. Mr. Barnes became a member of the Yarmouth Planning Board and treasurer of the Democratic Town Committee, and followed his love of music and theater to the Cape Cod Retired Men’s Chorus and the Barn- stable Comedy Club. He was also a member of the Bray Farm Association and the Dennis Yacht Club. While in Hong Kong he had sailed his Chinese junk in local waters; in retirement he enjoyed sailing his Marshall catboat with friends and family from Sesuit Harbor on Cape Cod Bay. Driving his classic 1963 Porsche and golfing with friends on the Brewster, Dennis and Yarmouth courses were favorite diversions. In addition to his beloved wife, Jean-Marie, Mr. Barnes is survived by two sons, Anthony and Peter Barnes, and one daughter, Amanda Jacobsen; their spouses, Karen, Julie and Ken; four grandchildren, Christopher, Hunter and Isabella Barnes, and Jesse Jacobsen; and one sister, Bar- bara Roberts. A third son, Michael, is deceased. Alice Boynton , 65, a career For- eign Service office management spe- cialist, died on April 14 in Albu- querque, N.M., after a battle with lung cancer. During a long career, Ms. Boyn- ton was posted all over the world. She lived in Tunis, Seoul, Bangkok, Saigon, Nairobi, Riyadh, Bujum- bura, Kinshasha and Lima, but her favorite tour of duty was Beirut in the early 1970s. She spent her sum- mers in Wauwinet on Nantucket Island, Mass., as a child, and main- tained her ties with the island throughout her life. An avid bridge player, Ms. Boynton graced the duplicate tables in Albuquerque, where she retired in late 1994. She contributed to many causes and was a member of many organizations. Ms. Boynton is survived by her sis- ter, Nora Keil of Worcester, Mass.; a brother, Woody Boynton of Old Say- brook, Conn.; two nieces; two nep- hews; two grandnieces, and friends and cousins. Memorial contributions may be made to Planned Parenthood of New Mexico, 701 San Mateo Blvd. NE, Albuquerque NM 87108. William Walton Duffy II , 64, a former FSO with USIA, died on April 7 in Oxford, Pa. Born on March 27, 1943, in Macon, Ga., Mr. Duffy was the son of the late Robert C. and Mary Fitzger- ald Duffy. An expert and consultant J U N E 2 0 0 7 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 67 I N M EMORY