The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2003

H undreds of Foreign Service retirees came together for Foreign Affairs Day 2003, a day of homecoming ceremonies and briefings celebratedonMay 9. AFSA’s main event tied to Foreign Affairs Day was the dedicationof sixnewnames to theAFSAMemorial Plaque in honorofForeignServicemem- bers who died in the line of duty, a solemn reminder of the danger and hardship that canbepartofaForeignServicecareer. AFSA also hosted a ceremony during Foreign AffairsDay tobestowMeritAwards on tal- entedForeignService students (seepage10). ForeignAffairsDaybeganwithakeynote address by Director General Ruth A. Davis that included her reading of a presidential proclamation. (The full text of President Bush’smessage is postedon theAFSAWeb siteat www.afsa.org.) Th edayconcludedwith aninformalreceptionatAFSAheadquarters offeringachanceforretireestorelaxandcatch up with old friends. AFSA also took advantage of the pres- ence of the retirees inWashington to host our third annual Day on the Hill onMay 8 (see page 4). Memorial Plaque Ceremony This year, the AFSA Memorial Plaque Ceremony was held in front of the plaque intheCSt. lobbybeforeagatheringof some A FSA is honored to present the 2003 AFSA Award for LifetimeContributions toAmericanDiplomacy to for- mer Secretary of StateGeorge Shultz. Previous recip- ients of this award were U. Alexis Johnson, Frank Carlucci, George H.W. Bush, Lawrence Eagleburger, Cyrus Vance, David Newsom and Lee Hamilton. “His is a name that the Americanpeople connectwithselflesspublic service andsolid integrity,” Secretary of State Colin Powell said about Shultz, “a name that is synonymous with American statesmanship, a name that people all over the world recognize and which they associate with principled international engagement.” Shultzwas a beloved Secretary of State from1982 to 1989, onewho always looked out for the interests of the Foreign Service and all State Department employees. SecretaryPowell is scheduled topresent the award toGeorge Shultz at theAFSAAward CeremonyonJune26 intheDepartmentof State’sBenjaminFranklinDiplomaticReception Room. All of this year’s awards will be presented at this ceremony. (See the interview with Secretary Shultz in the June Foreign Service Journal , p. 47. Articles about the Dissent Award winners and the Exemplary Performance Award winners start on page 5 of this issue of AFSA News. Look for coverage of the awards ceremony in the September AFSA News. ) American Foreign Service Association • July-August 2003 LIFETIME CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN DIPLOMACY George Shultz This Issue in Brief: NEWS BRIEFS: AFSA MEDICARE SUCCESS ..................2 DAY ON THE HILL...................................4 DISSENT AWARD WINNERS................5 PERFORMANCE AWARD WINNERS ..6 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS ....8 VOLUNTEER AWARD WINNERS.........9 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS................10 THE FS TRIBE ........................................12 A NEW START.......................................13 Continued on page 5 AFSA NEWS FOREIGN AFFAIRS DAY AFSA Hosts Retirees and Adds Names to Plaque Continued on page 3 JAY MALLIN Secretary of State Colin Powell dedicates this year’s additions to the AFSA Memorial Plaque.