The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2004

contributions and the fact that he was “popular with and deeply respected by his State Department colleagues.” Powell highlighted Amb. Brown’s ser- vice with the Accountability Review Board, the Summit of the Americas and the United Nations. He was recalled from retirement to serve as a negotiator with the Netherlands, Ecuador and El Salvador; as chargé d’affaires in Peru in 2002; and as senior area adviser for the Western Hemisphere at the U.N. General Assembly from 2001 through 2003. In retirement, Amb. Brown pur- sued interests in classical music and opera, played the saxophone, perfect- ed his pie-making skills and explored quiltmaking. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Elizabeth Ann Brown of Harpers Ferry; a daughter, Tara Jones of Columbus, Ohio; a son, Justin Brown of Washington, D.C.; a niece and a nephew, Lori Ratti of Indianapolis and Ron Miller of Columbus, who were raised in his home; a sister; and two granddaughters. Philip Mason Burnett , 94, retired FSO, died Jan. 13, 2003, at the King James Care Center in Chatham Township, N.J. Born in Peterborough, N.H., Mr. Burnett graduated from Yale Univer- sity in 1930. He continued his studies at Columbia University, earning a master’s degree and then a Ph.D. in European history in 1940. Graduate work took him to Germany, where he did research and learned German. His dissertation, Reparation at the Paris Peace Conference , was published by Columbia University Press in 1940, with a foreword by John Foster Dulles. After several years of college teach- ing, Mr. Burnett joined the State Department in 1942. He served as a member of Eleanor Roosevelt’s adviso- ry staff and worked on the creation of the United Nations charter. In 1956 he joined the Foreign Service, and was posted to Asuncion and San Salvador as an economics officer. Since childhood, books had been a passion for Mr. Burnett, and in 1963 he retired from government service to pursue a third career as a universi- ty librarian. He and his family moved to Los Angeles, where Mr. Burnett earned his Master of Library Science degree at the UCLA Library School. He first worked at Indiana University, and was then appointed director of libraries for the new University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus in Keno- sha, Wisc. There, he built an award- winning library, with over 400,000 volumes. Following mandatory re- tirement from the library director- ship, he taught European history and diplomatic relations at Parkside for several years before retiring in 1976. In retirement, Mr. Burnett and his wife divided their time between Rhode Island and California. He enjoyed walking, reading, volunteer- ing at local libraries and leading a for- eign policy discussion group. He wrote letters to enlighten politicians and newspapers, including, frequent- ly, to his favorite newspaper, The New York Times , which had been founded by his great grandfather, Henry J. Raymond. Mr. Burnett was also a life- time member of the Rotary Club, and served as alumni representative and class secretary for both St. Mark’s School, in Southborough, Mass., and Yale University. Following the death of his wife of 61 years, Esther, in September 2001, Mr. Burnett moved to Westfield, N.J. He is survived by three daughters, Barbara Kantner of Temple, N.H., Elizabeth Reinhardt of Westfield, N.J., and Katie Loss of Laguna Beach, Calif.; a sister, Elinor Vaughan, of Exeter, N.H.; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. John R. Clingerman , 73, retired FSO and former ambassador, died of cancer May 29 at his home at Lake of the Woods in Locust Grove, Va. Ambassador Clingerman was born in Donipham County, Kan., on May 9, 1931. He earned a bachelor’s degree at Michigan State University in 1953, and while a student met and married Ruth (Polly) Muilenburg. He served overseas in the Army from 1953 to 1955, attaining the rank of first lieu- tenant. He returned to Michigan State in 1957 for a master’s degree in history. Amb. Clingerman joined the Foreign Service in 1957. Following stints as training officer and then exchange program officer, he was sent in 1959 as economic and consular offi- cer to Kathmandu, and in 1962 as eco- nomic officer to Leopoldville (Kin- shasa). He was named principal officer in Stanleyville, now Kisangani, in 1963. Between his departure from Stanleyville in the summer of 1964 and his assignment to the department as international relations officer in 1965, Amb. Clingerman played a key role in the execution and aftermath of Dragon Rouge, a dramatic joint Belgian-U.S. paracommando operation mounted in November 1964 to rescue more than 1,600 American, European, and other international hostages held by Congolese rebels known as the Simbas. A Joint Chiefs of Staff review of an analysis of the undertaking called it the first — and in many ways the most complex—multinational hostage operation of the Cold War. Amb. Clingerman volunteered to be the department’s lead participant on the ground during the action and, among other exploits, braved rebel fire while accompanying the Belgian commanding officer on his initial entry into Stanleyville’s Simba-domi- nated center. He received the department’s Distinguished Honor Award for his extraordinary perfor- 74 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / M A Y 2 0 0 4 I N M E M O R Y