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needed,” Laingen said. “And she pro- vided that leadership, working closely with others of the embassy staff around her — and by all accounts providing it with calm and courageous poise — and in a way that was immensely helpful to me as I pleaded for the help from the ForeignMinistry that might have made a difference but that never came. “With one exception, I did not see or hear from her again until I saw her come up the aisle in that Algerian air- craft that would take us to freedom – still wearing that cheerful smile that was her style,” Laingen recalled. “I did see her once, when she appeared on Iranian TV a day or two after being taken hostage. At that moment, I still had access to a TV while being held hostage in the Foreign Ministry. “Deeply concerned and very fearful about the fate of my staff, I watched as the papal nuncio was allowed into the embassy compound to see the hostages. There was Ann, tied hands and feet in a chair and facing into a cor- ner of the room, looking up at the nun- cio and, with a smile on her face, ask- ing ‘and who are you?’ “During the next 444 days, that smile of courage on Ann Swift’s face did not leave my memory. Thank God for her service and blessed be her memory,” Laingen concluded. Ms. Swift and Paul D. Cronin were married in 1994 and settled in Sweet Briar, Va., where Cronin directed the riding program at Sweet Briar College. In 2001 they moved to a farm in Rectortown. Mrs. Cronin was an avid sailor and skier as well as a skilled equestrian. She was a member of the board of the Madeira School, a board member of the Goose Creek Environmental Organization, a mem- ber of the Orange County Hunt and of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville, Va. Survivors include her husband; two stepsons, Peter F. Cronin of Charlotte, Va., and David R. Cronin of Richmond, Va.; and a step-grand- daughter. Philip Judson Farley , 87, retired FSO, died Jan. 20 in Los Gatos, Calif. Born in Berkeley, Calif., on Aug. 6, 1916, Mr. Farley graduated from Campbell High School in 1933, and received his doctorate at the University of California at Berkeley in 1941. Although he began his career as an English professor in an East Texas junior college, he rose to the top of the U.S. Foreign Service and was centrally involved in many of the major events in U.S. political history fromWorldWar II until the dismantling of the Soviet Union. Mr. Farley served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946, before joining the War Department as an intelligence specialist. From 1947 to 1954 he served at the Atomic Energy Commis- sion. In 1954 he joined the State Department as deputy to the special assistant to the Secretary of State for atomic energy affairs. In 1958 he was named special assistant to the Secretary for disarmament and atomic energy, and in 1961 became special assistant to the Secretary of State for atomic ener- gy and outer space matters. After serving as deputy chief of mis- sion in Paris, and political adviser to the chief of NATO, Mr. Farley was appointed deputy permanent repre- sentative to the NATO Council, with the personal rank of minister, in 1966. In 1967 he was named director of the Political-Military Affairs Bureau in the State Department. He transferred to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1969. He served simultane- ously as deputy director of ACDA and alternate chairman of the U.S. delega- tion to the SALT talks with the Soviet Union until 1973. After retirement, Mr. Farley was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institu- tion in Washington, D.C., where he studied the effects of U.S. sales of nuclear weapons to countries that were currently posing a threat to our security. He was also a visiting scholar at the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University. Deeply philosophical, Mr. Farley read and studied ceaselessly. He was the author of the official report, “The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” He main- tained a lifelong love for poetry and music, and, although the operas of Berlioz were his favorite, he listened to jazz, chansons francaises, flamenco and Beethoven string quartets as well. As long as he was able, he played Chopin waltzes and Scott Joplin songs on the piano he and Mrs. Farley hauled around the country and the world dur- ing their long marriage. He was a familiar and well-loved sight in the town of Los Gatos and the surrounding hills because of his daily walks — rain or shine. He touched many hearts, particularly those at the Los Gatos Meadows, through his remarkably constant good humor, posi- tive outlook and conscientiousness. Mr. Farley’s beloved wife of 63 years, Mildred Pauline Farley, prede- ceased him in December 2001. He is survived by three children, Paul Judson Farley of Soquel Calif., Katherine Farley Dietrich of Palo Alto, Calif., and Kenneth Guy Farley of Manassas, Va.; two brothers, David E. Farley of Forestville, Calif., and Thomas K. Farley of Rancho San Diego, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grand- daughters. John P. Foster , 75, retired USIA officer and former broadcaster, died 76 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / J U LY- A U G U S T 2 0 0 4 I N M E M O R Y