The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2003

JULY-AUGUST 2003 • AFSA NEWS 11 MichaelSwigert:sonofNancy Neubert and James Swigert (State); graduate of Wash- ington-Lee High School, Alexandria,Va.;willbeattend- ing Tufts University. Jane Symington: daughter of Susan and Stuart Symington (State); graduate of American School of Niamey, Niamey, Niger; will be attending Yale University. Jane is also the AFSA Community Service Award winner. Sarah Taylor: daughter of Betsy and Dr. Brooks Taylor (State); graduate of American School, New Delhi, India; will be attending Haverford College in Pennsylvania. Sarah is also the AFSA Best Essay winner. Sarah Wood: daughter of Cynthia (State) and Robert Wood (State); graduate of Washington-LeeHigh School in Arlington, Va.; will be attending Furman University in Greenville, S.C. Academic Merit Honorable MentionWinners PeterBooth:sonofAnita(State) andDonaldBooth (State); grad- uate of McLean High School, McLean, Va.; will be attending University of Virginia. William Hendrickson: son of Anne Derse (State) and Hank Hendrickson(State);graduateof International School of Brussels, Brussels,Belgium;willbeattend- ing University of Virginia. Courtney Keene: daughter of Sharon Cromer (USAID) and Arnold Sobers; graduate of The AmericanSchool inSwitzerland, Montagnola, Switerland; will be attending Barnard College at Columbia University. JesseRobbins:sonofKatrinand Gary Robbins (State); graduate of St. Stephen’s School, Rome, Italy; will be attending Brown University. Shayda Vance: daughter of LadanDoorandish-Vance(State) and Anthony Vance (USAID); graduate of Cairo American College, Cairo, Egypt; will be attending Harvard University. ArtMeritHonorableMention Winners AngelaGarland:daughterofGail andRickGarland (USAID); grad- uate of Academia Cotopaxi, Quito, Ecuador; will be attend- ing Seattle Pacific University. Angela won for her vocal per- formance submission. JessicaBarth:daughterofDebbi and Philip Barth (State); gradu- ate of W. T. Woodson High School, Arlington, Va.; will be attending James Madison University. Jessica won for her mixed-media (visual arts) sub- mission. MarielMurray:Marielwonforher flute submission. Peter Quinzio: Peter won for his alto saxophone submission. Art Merit SpecialCommendationWinner OdetteBrock: daughter of Odile andSamuel Brock (State); grad- uate of The Washington Lab School,Washington,D.C.;willbe attending Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Md. Best EssayWinner Sarah Taylor: Sarah’s essay, entitled “Tinctures for a Gaping Wound,” will be pub- lished in an upcoming issue of the Foreign Service Journal. Community Service Winner Jane Symington PMA Donation to AFSA Scholarship Fund On the occasion of its 35th anniversary in May, the Public Members Associationof the Foreign Service presented two $3,500 scholarship checks toAFSA to be awardedunder AFSA’s Financial AidScholarshipProgram. These awardswere given inmemoryof Dr. R. Gordon Hoxie, PMA president from 1973 to 1979, and in memory of the founding members of PMA. A Foreign Service childwho is a college junior or senior majoring in foreign affairs will be the recipient of each award. PMA mem- berssitonpromotion panels of Foreign Service employees. Winning scholars at the May 9 ceremony. Back row, from left: James Steel, Michael Swigert, Jessica Barth, Jane Symington, Matthew Keegan. Front row, from left: Peter Booth, Sarah Wood, Julie Schwartz, Odette Brock, and Christine Elliott. Ambassador Ed Dillery accepts two scholarship checks from PMA’s Nick Frankhouser and Rita Johnston.