The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2014

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JULY-AUGUST 2014 55 AFSA NEWS Ambassador Thomas J. Miller to Deliver Adair Lecture Ambassador Thomas J. Miller will deliver the 8th annual Adair Memorial Lecture on U.S. Diplomacy onWednesday, Aug. 27, at 3 p.m. at American University’s Kaye Memorial Chapel. His topic will be “The Link Between Diplomacy and Development.” The public is welcome to attend this special event, which traditionally kicks off the fall semester at A.U.’s School of International Service. Amb. Miller is president and CEO of International Exec- utive Service Corps, a nonprofit that focuses on fostering prosperity and stability through private enterprise in more than 130 countries around the world. During a distinguished 29-year career at the State Department, the three-time ambassador served overseas in Thailand, Greece (three times) and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and held important assignments inWashington, D.C. In 2001, President GeorgeW. Bush named Miller U.S. ambassador to Greece, where he focused on counter- terrorism, serving through 2004. Earlier, President William Clinton had appointed him ambassador to Bosnia-Herze- govina (1999-2001) and Special Cypus Coordinator at the rank of ambassador (1997-1999). The Adair Lecture series is the result of a partnership between AFSA and A.U.’s School of International Service. The Marshall P. Adair Family has generously created a per- petual endowment to sustain the series, named in honor of their parents, Caroline and Ambassador Charles Adair. possible had it not been for for the devoted FS members who work tirelessly to put American foreign policy into practice. Colin Powell concluded the program by addressing the importance of integrating America with the rest of the world, specifically through immigration. “Immigration reform has got to be one of our highest priorities because it’s keeping this country alive,” said Powell, who believes cultural and racial diversity is the most unique aspect of the United States. The United States is still an inspiration to the entire world, he said, attributing that image to the work that the men and women of the Foreign Service have done over the past 90 years. Sec. Powell also stated that it is easy for govern- ment officials to forget that they work to serve everyday Americans, but that no one is more aware of the true pur- pose of their tasks than the members of the U.S. Foreign Service. “You all have done that in such a magnificent way,” he told the FS members in the audience. n — Editorial Intern Aishwarya Raje and Managing Editor Susan B. Maitra 1) From left, AFSA Deputy Director for Member Benefits and Events Kristy Pomes, AFSA President Robert J. Silverman, Representative Chris Van Holler (D-Md.), Secretary of State John F. Kerry, former Senator Richard Lugar, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Andrea Mitchell, AFSA Governing Board Member Lillian Wahl-Tuco, AFSA State VP Matthew Asada and AFSA Executive Director Ian Houston. (2) Ambassador Ryan Crocker and his wife, Christine, with Ambassador Bruce Laingen. (3) FSJ Editorial Board Chairman Jim DeHart and Lisa DeHart. (4) Jean and F. Allen “Tex” Harris, with Senator Lugar. (5) Former Secretary of State Colin Powell. (6) Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman; 9 10 Peggy Cifrino, principal assistant to former Secretary of State Colin Powell; and Ambassador Ronald Neumann. (7) AFSA Governing Board Member Clayton Bond and former Director General Ruth A. Davis. (8) Lillian Wahl-Tuco and FSO Stephanie Parenti, the youngest member of the Foreign Service. (9) Virginia State Assembly Delegate Alfonso Lopez (49th District), fourth from left, presents House Joint Resolution 406 to AFSA officials. From left, Foreign Agricultural Service VP David Mergen, Foreign Commercial Service VP Steve Morrison, Advocacy Director Javier Cuebas, Alfonso Lopez, Ian Houston, Robert Silverman, Matthew Asada and USAID VP Sharon Wayne. (10) At left, Ambassador William Harrop and his wife, Ann, with Ted Wilkinson and his wife, Zenia.