The Foreign Service Journal, June 2013

50 JUNE 2013 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS On May 3, the U.S. Agency for International Develop- ment honored Dale J. Gredler and Eugene F. Sullivan, two Foreign Service officers who died while serving their country, during a memorial plaque ceremony held in the agency’s lobby in the Ronald Reagan Building. Family members, friends and former colleagues joined represen- tatives from the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees to hear USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah pay tribute to the FSOs. Before the ceremony, Administrator Shah invited family members to meet with him privately in his office. Dale J. Gredler joined USAID in 2001 after working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an emergency manage- ment program specialist. He started out as a financial management specialist before becoming a Foreign Service contracting officer in 2004. Dale and his fam- ily’s first overseas post was Jakarta, where he fulfilled a critical role during the recon- struction efforts following the devastating earthquake and tsunami. In 2009, Dale and his family transferred to USAID’s Central Asian Republics regional mission in Almaty. After a few months at post, Dale was evacuated to Lon- don for medical treatment, Continued on page 57 USAID Honors Two of Its Own on Foreign Affairs Day PHOTOSBYDONNAAYERST Top, Eugene F. Sullivan’s family with Mrs. Sullivan in the middle; Caroline Gredler with Administrator Raj Shah; Robert Sullivan affixes his father’s plaque, as Raj Shah looks on; Caroline Gredler addresses friends and family; opera singer Bumie Dada opens the ceremony with the National Anthem.