The Foreign Service Journal, June 2011

J U N E 2 0 1 1 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 71 Mr. Pazdral also obtained his private pilot’s aviation license at Bitburg Air Force Base, Germany, in 1969 and ac- cumulated more than 1,600 flying hours over the next 40 years. An in- strument-rated certified flight instruc- tor for both single and multiengine aircraft, he taught flying at various Washington flying clubs; was a chief flight instructor for the Suriname Na- tional Aero Club; gained jungle and desert flying experience in Suriname and Nigeria; and assisted as co-pilot for an air ambulance operation in Roma- nia. Other interests included volunteer service as a Red Cross First Aid In- structor, leader of the Washington Ski Patrol (mountain rescue group), and scoutmaster inWarsaw, for the only Boy Scout troop inEasternEurope affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America (at that time). Mr. Pazdral spoke German, Polish, Romanian, Croatian, Danish, French and Dutch. Survivors include his wife Ronna Pazdral of Annandale, Va.; two children from his first marriage, to Lura Swig— Howard Pazdral of Deadwood, Ore., and Lura Elsen of Portland, Ore.; a brother, and five grandchildren. Memorial donations may be di- rected to the Senior Living Foundation of the American Foreign Service. James Lewis Tull , 80, a retired Foreign Service officer, died onMarch 12 at his home in Alexandria, Va. Born and raised in Iowa, Mr. Tull received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955. Mr. Tull entered the Foreign Serv- ice with the class of 1958 and was as- signed to the Bureau of Inter-Ameri- can Affairs. In 1960 he received his first overseas posting as a vice consul to the three-officer consulate in Cali (1960 to 1963). In December 1961, Mr. Tull was detailed to Embassy Bo- gotá for President John F. Kennedy’s visit. His next assignment was in London as a staff assistant to Ambassador David Bruce. Those three years in England saw such events as the Sky- I N M E M O R Y Watch for the October FSJ ’s annual roundup of books by current and former members of the Foreign Service and their families. 2011 A NNUAL FS A UTHORS R OUNDUP