The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2012

68 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 1 2 call Mr. Frost’s leadership, counsel and friendship. His hobbies included ram- bling — in the Rockies, around Man- hattan and in Scotland — and singing. Mr. Frost was predeceased by his first wife, and is survived by their daughters Rebecca (and her husband, Mohammad) and Hannah. He is also survived by his wife, Susan, and their children Abigail (and her husband, John) and Robert (and his wife, Navah), and five grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to one of the institutions men- tioned above. Cecelia Gordon Bowdoin (Hill) Gardner , 91, wife of the late Ambas- sador Robert Charles Hill, died peace- fully on April 1 at the Arbor Hospice in Ann Arbor, Mich., following a brief illness. Her youngest son, James Bow- doin Hill, was at her side. Cecelia Gardner was born on Dec. 7, 1920, in Baltimore, Md., the daugh- ter of Elinore McLane and William GrahamBowdoin Jr. Privately tutored, she spent her childhood first in Balti- more, then in Aiken, S.C., Portland, Maine, and Paris, France. On Dec. 1, 1945, she married Robert Charles Hill of Littleton, N.H., and served at his side for 33 years at posts in Costa Rica, El Sal- vador, Mexico, Spain and Argentina, as well as in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hill served as assistant secretary of State for congressional relations under President Dwight Eisenhower, and assistant secretary of Defense for international security affairs under President Richard Nixon. The couple also kept a home in the White Moun- tains of New Hampshire throughout their marriage. During her years abroad, Mrs. Gardner fully engaged herself with the people of the various nations in which they served. She attempted to repre- sent the best qualities of U.S. culture: empathy and sophistication. Mrs. Gardner was an accomplished mid-Atlantic tennis champion and du- plicate bridge player, and an excellent horsewoman. She also held member- ships in the Chevy Chase, Elkridge and Sulgrave clubs. Friends and family members recall her as a faithful wife and beloved mother. Following Ambassador Hill’s death in 1978, she was married for 20 years to George Victor Gardner, a Roanoke, Va., attorney. The couple resided in Washington and Naples, Fla. Mr. Gardner died in August 2010. Mrs. Gardner was predeceased by her twin sister, Anne Graham Bow- doin, in 1921, and by her elder sister, Elinora Bowdoin Bolton, who died on Feb. 7 at the age of 93. She is survived by her two sons, James Bowdoin Hill (and his wife, Laura) of Ann Arbor, Mich., and William Graham Bowdoin Hill of Richmond, Va.; four grandchildren, Douglas and Sean Hill of Ann Arbor, and Robert and George Hill of Buenos Aires, Argentina; two sisters, Jane Moody of Portland, Ore., and Dana Poole of New York City; a brother, Winthrop Smith of Gorham, Maine; and many nieces and nephews. Donations in her memory may be made to Old Saint Paul’s Church, Bal- timore, Md. I N M E M O R Y AFSA Resource Marketplace Find the Most-Requested Resources from the Overseas Briefing Center Online at www.afsa.org/AFSAMarketplace 1. FSI’s Transition Center 2. U.S. Department of State Overseas Briefing Center (OBC) 3. Security Overseas Seminars: PSOS, ASOS, SAA, SOS, SOS 4. Transition Center Training home page for eligible family members and members of household (MOH) 5. International Jobs - Working Overseas 6. Country Information (Bidding Resources) 7. Transition Center Courses 8. Preparing to Go Overseas 9. Pets and International Travel 10. Foreign Service Assignment Notebook: What Do I Do Now? 11. U.S. Department of State Career Transition Center (CTC) 12. Personal Post Insights 13. Elementary School Stuff 14. Arrange Medical Clearance and Immunizations 15. High Stress Assignment Outbrief Program