The Foreign Service Journal, June 2012

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AFSA has helped our family over the years, and it only seems fitting that AFSA members’ children should benefit from Terence’s award,” she explains. Terence Flannery joined the Foreign Commercial Service in1984 and served in Paris, Algiers, London andBrussels. After retiring from the Foreign Service in 1997, he worked for a consulting firm in Paris andBrussels. Mrs. Flannery resides inParis. Childrenof ForeignService employees who aremembers of AFSAare eligible for the Terence Flannery Memorial Scholar- ship. For information on AFSA’s schol- arshipprogram, to apply for a scholarship or to establish a scholarship, please visit www.afsa.org/scholar or c ontact LoriDec, AFSA scholarship director, at (202) 944- 5504 or dec@afsa.org. Terence Flannery Memorial Scholarship Afewdays later, amemorial servicewas heldat theWashingtonNationalCathedral. Ambassador Philip Habib delivered the official eulogy. After noting that most of the diplomats who had died in the Foreign Service were victims of disease or natural disaster, Amb.Habibobserved that the preceding two decades had seen an inordinate number of victims of violent conflict. “More than ever before, peace is the profession of the diplomat. The roll of honor in theDepartment of State trag- ically records the sacrifice exacted by this newmeaning of Foreign Service.” Greg Naarden, an FSO since 2004, is a member of the FSJ Editorial Board and Friends of the USDC, a support group for the U.S. Diplomacy Center (diplomacy.state.gov). History • Continued from page 51