The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2006

joined the State Department in 1946. His first assignment was in Cairo. He was subsequently posted to Ham- burg, Bonn, Vienna and Heidelberg. His last assignment was as a visiting professor and lecturer at the Univer- sity of Oregon in Eugene. Mr. Devine retired in 1970, and settled in Washington, D.C., where he worked as a representative of Business International of Zurich. With his long experience in European affairs, Mr. Devine continued bring- ing together people and cultures in the business world. His wife of 62 years, Virginia C. Devine, died in 2004. Mr. Devine is survived by a son, John R. Devine of San Jose, Calif., and a daughter, Kate Williams of Washington, D.C. Charlie Hagemann , 73, a retired FSO, died of a heart attack on April 3, in Cibolo, Texas. Born in Mt. Morris, Ill., Mr. Hagemann was the son of Ella and Herman Hagemann, and brother of Iola Roos, Arnie, Jerry and Duane Hagemann. He married the love of his life, Pauline, in 1956. Mr. Hagemann served meritori- ously in the U.S. Navy Seabees for 26 years prior to joining the Foreign Service in 1980. He was also a 32nd degree Mason, Scottish Rite. Mr. Hagemann served as the maintenance officer for posts in Kin- shasa, Islamabad, Cairo, Mogadishu and Lagos. He retired from the For- eign Service in 1991. He and Pauline enjoyed their retirement years in Cibolo, working on building projects and helping neighbors in the commu- nity. Mr. Hagemann is survived by his wife; a son and daughter-in-law, Ken- neth and Michelle; a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Joel Oksner; and three grandchildren, Nicole, Steven and Andrea, all of Ventura County, Calif.; and a brother Duane, and his wife, Nancy, of Mt. Morris, Ill. John C. Hawley , 87, a retired FSO, died peacefully on March 12 at Hampshire Care Nursing & Rehab- ilitation Home in Plainfield, Mass. Born in Nagoya, Japan, as the youngest son of a Foreign Service officer and a missionary’s daughter, Mr. Hawley was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Haverford College. A brilliant linguist who spoke flu- ent French, Italian, Spanish and German, Mr. Hawley joined the State Department in 1942, and was posted to Agua Prieta, Ciudad Juarez and Port-au-Prince. He was commis- sioned as a Foreign Service officer in 1945. He was posted in Venice and Florence before joining USIA in 1956 as a foreign affairs officer. He subse- quently served in Rome, Trieste, La Paz, Ottawa, Paris and Frankfurt. Following retirement, Mr. and Mrs. Hawley moved to Vinalhaven, Maine. This was his first real home, and he lived there longer than any previous place. He loved the island and its people as if they were his fam- ily. He was an active member of the community, joining the school board and becoming a lay reader in the Episcopal Church. Later, when his wife’s health deteriorated, Mr. Haw- ley moved to Plainfield, Mass., to live with his youngest daughter and son- in-law. Mr. Hawley was predeceased by his wife, Kathryn, and eldest daugh- ter, Beatrice. Survivors include two daughters, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to the Christian Children’s Fund ( www.christianchildrensfund.org) . Max Vance Krebs , 89, a retired FSO and former ambassador, died on April 22 at St. Joseph of the Pines in Southern Pines, N.C. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ambassador Krebs graduated with honors from Princeton Univer- sity in 1937. He enlisted in the Horse Cavalry Division of the National Guard in Ohio, graduated from the Transportation Corps Officer Candi- date School in New Orleans, La., and was posted in California for the dura- tion of World War II. He was mus- tered out of the service in 1946 with the rank of captain. Amb. Krebs began his 29-year career in the Foreign Service in 1947. His first post was Montevideo. He next served in Bogota, and then went to the consulate in Antwerp as eco- nomic officer before being re- called to Washington in 1955 for an assignment in personnel. In 1957, Amb. Krebs was hand-picked by new- ly appointed Under Secretary of State Christian Herter as his special assistant. Upon the death of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Herter be- came Secretary of State. Amb. Krebs declined an appointment to the War College to continue the challenging and exciting years with Secretary Her- ter, accompanying him on all his trips to Europe and a final one flying the length of Latin America with Presi- dent Eisenhower. With the change of administration in the White House, Amb. Krebs was sent to Manila as political counselor in 1961, and thereafter posted to Rio de Janeiro in 1964. He was sent to Gua- temala City in 1967 as deputy chief of mission under Ambassador Gordon Mein, who sadly attained world fame in August 1968, when he was assassi- nated by communist guerrillas in a kidnapping attempt to free some cap- tured guerillas. Amb. Krebs stayed in Guatemala as the chargé d’affaires 54 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 6 I N M E M O R Y