The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2008

ing French and Spanish literature and philosophy. In 1962, she returned to the U.S. and worked as an academi- cian at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1966, Ms. Gurvin was appoint- ed to the U.S. Information Agency. Her first overseas posting was to Montevideo. After this four-year tour, she took a leave of absence to attend graduate school in Latin American studies at the University of Texas. Thereafter, she had overseas assign- ments in Buenos Aires, Stockholm, The Hague and Lima. Her 30-year career as a cultural affairs officer featured a number of highlights, such as creating a consor- tium of Swedish publishers to bring 20 major American authors to discuss their work with the public, the Swedish Academy/Nobel Prize Com- mittee and the media. In both Sweden and the Netherlands, she served as treasurer of the binational Fulbright boards. In The Hague, she doubled the annual Fulbright budget from Dutch and American private and public funding sources, linked five Dutch universities with new American partners and created three new prestigious Fulbright chairs. In Lima, she served as the proactive coordinator of a $1 million program to stimulate sales of U.S. textbooks (in Spanish translation) to Peruvian uni- versities. Shortly before her depar- ture, she set up a new prize for an out- standing Peruvian university profes- sor, seeded with personal funds. During several tours at USIA headquarters in Washington, Ms. Gurvin served as chief of Binational Cultural Centers Management and as creative arts officer. In the latter capacity, she designed and directed grants programs worldwide that aim- ed at stimulating institution-to-institu- tion linkages She was appointed USIA coordinator of the Private Sector Committee on the Arts. She also had a Pearson assignment with the Council for International Urban Liaison and, at one point, her skill at fundraising was put to use as a loaned executive to the Combined Federal Campaign. There she led more than 300 volunteers in raising $1.2 million for Washington charita- ble organizations. In 1994, Ms. Gurvin was promoted to the Senior Foreign Service. That same year she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She left Lima to under- go surgery in the U.S. and continued to work at USIA’s Office of the Counsel General while undergoing treatment. She was named a U.S. national judge for the 1995 and 1996 Carnegie Foundation competitions for “U.S. Professor of the Year,” and was appointed to serve on several task forces by the American Council on Education. Her last position before retiring in 1996 was with the Foreign Affairs Grievance Board. In retirement, Ms. Gurvin contin- ued to created linkages among acade- mic, arts, government and media institutions and leaders and to mentor others in their careers through her own consultancy. She was a member of Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired, and the Public Diplomacy Alumni Association, among others. She became a tenacious fighter against her own cancer and an advo- cate for breast cancer research and funding, contributing to several books on breast cancer therapy. Friends and colleagues remarked on her contin- ued zest and her positive, upbeat worldview over 14 years, despite new and recurring cancers. Ms. Gurvin was an avid reader and enjoyed intellectual discussions with a diverse network of contacts and friends. She also liked opera, the dra- matic arts and travel, visiting more than 60 countries for work and plea- sure during her lifetime. Her most recent trips were to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia; she also attended a cooking school in Provence in 2006. She is survived by three brothers and two sisters-in-law: Peter Gurvin and his wife, Jerusha, of Bethesda, Md.; George Gurvin of Arlington, Va.; and John Gurvin and his wife, Antoinette, of Burnsville, Minn. Arthur Moore Handly , 79, a retired FSO with USAID, died on Jan. 23 at Champlain Valley Physi- cians Hospital in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Mr. Handly was born in Malone, N.Y., on March 6, 1928, the son of Arthur W. and Ellen Handly. A 1946 graduate of Franklin Academy, he served in the U.S. Army in Japan, then attended Hamilton College and transferred to Saint Lawrence Uni- versity, graduating in 1950. He earned a master’s degree in public administration from Syracuse Univer- sity, and pursued a career in state gov- ernment that took him to Wisconsin and Oregon. In 1962, Mr. Handly joined USAID. He served in Turkey for five years and, after a second stint at Syracuse University, went on to serve as mission director in Jordan, Pakistan, Tanzania and Egypt before retiring in 1987. In retirement, Mr. Handly contin- ued his commitment to service. He was a 4th-degree Knight of Colum- bus, a hospice volunteer and a driver for the elderly. An active member of the Plattsburgh Duplicate Bridge Club, he was also an avid golfer and loved to travel. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Anne Frenette Handly; four sons: Kevin and his wife, Piney, of Boston, Mass., Marshall and his wife, Carla, of Beverly, Mass., Brian and his 80 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 8 I N M E M O R Y u u