The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2006

and, Norway, Afghanistan and Pakis- tan. He retired as consul general in Lahore in 1976. Mr. Spengler was an avid research- er and collector of stamps, antique phonograph machines, cylinders and disks, sheet music, maps, books, ancient coins and Soviet cosmonaut souvenir pins (znachkii). While sta- tioned in Kabul during the 1960s, he grew interested in ancient coins from the region, and subsequently became one of the foremost authorities on the people and coins that passed through that area over the centuries. This interest in numismatics and history influenced the rest of his life. Mr. Spengler published numerous arti- cles, contributed to and edited cata- logs on world coins and co-authored two books on the Turkomans. He was a member of the Society for Preservation & Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America for 59 years, and organized a quartet in almost every place he lived. After retiring, he settled in Colo- rado Springs, where he was active in Sister Cities, the American Numisma- tic Association, the American Numis- matic Society and the World Affairs Council, and also formed the local Committee for International Visitors. He held memberships in many inter- national societies. Mr. Spengler leaves his wife of 55 years, Phid; three children, Sarah, Bill and John; and four grandchildren, May, Alex, Grant and Bennett; a sis- ter, Susan; and a brother, David. Memorial contributions may be made to South Asia Earthquake relief at www.worldvision.com, or to anyhospice. Margaret V. Taylor , 81, a retired FSO with USIA, died on May 9 at her home in Washington, D.C., of natural causes. Ms. Taylor was born in San Diego, Calif., and graduated from San Diego State University, later earning an M.A. from Stanford University in 1966. After three years in Boston with The Christian Science Monitor , she joined the Foreign Service in 1951. In 1952, Ms. Taylor’s long service abroad as a cultural affairs specialist began with an assignment to Salonika. Subsequently, she served in cultural and educational affairs positions in Tel Aviv, Medan, Tokyo, Helsinki and Washington, D.C. She specialized in cultural exchange programs, including those for Fulbright scholars, foreign and American students, and civic lead- ers of the countries where she was posted. She retired in 1980, following a tour in Rangoon. In retirement, Ms. Taylor lived first in Tiburon, Calif., moving to Washing- ton D.C. in 1996. She maintained a lifelong commitment to the arts, envi- ronmental causes and politics, and remained an inveterate international traveler. Ms. Taylor is survived by a niece and nephew, and by the children and grandchildren of her two cousins. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Sierra Club or to the Save the Redwoods League. Arthur T. Tienken , 83, a retired FSO and former ambassador, died on May 7 at his home in Arlington, Va., after a long battle with stomach can- cer. Ambassador Tienken was born in Yonkers, N.Y. His studies at Prince- ton University were interrupted by World War II, in which he served as a first lieutenant in the 3094th Quar- termaster Company of the Western Pacific in the Philippines. He return- ed in 1946 to marry Jean Ridgway of Springfield, Mass., and finish his undergraduate degree at Princeton, staying to complete his master’s degree in international relations at the WoodrowWilson School of Public and International Affairs. Amb. Tienken began his diplomat- ic career in 1950 as a Kreis resident officer in post–World War II Ger- many. He spent the majority of his career in Africa at embassies and con- sulates in Mozambique, the Belgian Congo (now Congo), Zambia, Tunisia and Ethiopia. He was appointed ambassador to Gabon and São Tome & Principe in 1978. He also spent four years in Brussels, as well as sever- al tours in Washington, D.C. He attended the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., and was a diplomat-in- residence at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. Following retirement in 1987, Amb. Tienken continued his service as a State Department inspector, sur- veying embassies in China, Algeria, Egypt, India, Jamaica, Honduras, Brazil and many others. Until March 2006, he assisted in declassifying doc- uments as part of the Freedom of Information Act. He was active in the Tunisian-American Society, the Senior Living Foundation and Diplo- matic and Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR). He was also a member of the Riverbend Country Club. An avid golfer, Tienken continued to enjoy the game to the day before his death, and prided himself on the many courses he had played world- wide. When he wasn’t golfing, he was fishing, preferably saltwater surf-casting or boat fishing. He was also a stamp collector, and trained his family and friends to save can- celled stamps and send them to him in batches for review. He was fasci- nated by American history and mili- tary history in general. He loved to sing, smoke his pipe and drink a per- fect Manhattan. 60 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