The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2004

JULY-AUGUST 2004 • AFSA NEWS 11 ClaireLauterbach : daughter of Steven Lauterbach (State) and Marie-Paule Lauterbach (State);graduateofYorktown High School, Arlington, Va.; attending Duke University. Winner of the Donald S. and Maria Giuseppa Spigler Scholarship. Michael Young : son of Barbara Finamore and Ambassador Stephen Young (State); graduate of McLean High School, McLean, Va.; attending Bowdoin College. Winner of the John C. Leary Memorial Scholarship. Alexis Mussomeli : daughter of Joseph Mussomeli (State) and Sharon Mussomeli (State); graduate of Inter- national School Manila, Manila,Philippines;attending Middlebury College. Academic Merit Honorable Mention Winners ChristopherBrill : sonofMaryBrill andAmbassador KennethBrill; attendingGeorgetown University. BranMahoney :sonofChristopherMahoneyandCarolynCohen(APHIS);attendingFlorida State University. MatthewMiller : son of Roberta and LloydMiller (USAID); attendingUniversity of Virginia. GabrieleO’Connor : daughter of Mari and Christopher “Mic” O’Connor (State); attend- ing University of York, England. CaitlinO’Grady : daughter of DeborahGuido-O’Grady (State) andDaniel O’Grady (State); attending University of Virginia. AlexanderSnider : son of PenelopeWilliams (State) andRaymondSnider (State); attend- ing University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Art Merit Honorable Mention Winner AnnKidder :daughterofSungeunChoandSamuelKidder(FCS);attendingBrownUniversity. Ann won in the visual arts category for her mixed media drawings and sculpture. Community Service Award MichelleChristensen :daughterofBrendaandBrentChristensen(State);attendingUniversity of Utah. Michelle won for her volunteer work at overseas orphanages. PMA Donation to AFSA Scholarship Fund On the occasion of its 36th anniversary in May, the Public MembersAssociationof theForeignServicepresenteda$3,600schol- arship check to AFSA to be awarded under AFSA’s Financial Aid ScholarshipProgram. ThisawardwasgiveninmemoryofDr.Hatten S.Yoder Jr.,whoservedonPMA’sboardof directors formanyyears. His daughter, Karen Wallace, was on hand forthescholarshippre- sentation. Scholarship winners who attended the May 7 AFSA ceremony. Back row, from far left: State Representative of the AFSA Committee on Education Deborah Odell, FAS Representative of the AFSA Committee on Education Mike Conlon, and AFSA Merit Award winners Michael Young, Colin Campbell, Alexander Snider. Front row, from left: Jeremy Wickman, Emily Thielmann, Clarie Lauterbach and Leslie Cole (Financial Aid Scholarship recipient), Chairman of the AFSA Committee on Education Amb. Edward Dillery. Amb. Edward Dillery (cen- ter) accepts a check from PMA Scholarship Chair Nick Frankhouser and Karen Wallace.