The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2014

58 JULY-AUGUST 2014 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS AFSAMerit Award Winners 1. Grace Bachman – daughter of Brian Bachman (State) and Jan Fisher-Bachman; graduat- ing from Chantilly High School, Chantilly, Va.; attending Endicott College, majoring in business. Recognized as the Embassy Risk Management Scholar. 2. Sarah Carlson – daughter of Mark Carlson (State) and Melinda Carlson; graduating from Grace International School in Chiang Mai, Thailand; attend- ing theWheaton College, major- ing in education. Recognized as the John C. and Nancy S. Leary Memorial Scholar. 3. Greer Christensen-Gibbons – daughter of Karen Christensen (State) and Thomas Gibbons (State); graduating from the John F. Kennedy School in Berlin, Germany; attending Brown Uni- versity, majoring in history. 4. Amelia Goldrup – daughter of Stephen Goldrup (State) and Nicole Price; graduating from the American Embassy School in New Delhi, India; attending Princeton University, majoring in mathematics. 5. Carsten Haas – son of Peter Haas (State) and Amy Haas; graduating from the American School of Bombay in Mumbai, India; attending Macalester Col- lege with an undeclared major. 6. Timothy Kostelancik – son of David Kostelancik (State) and Patricia Kostelancik (State); graduating from Langley High School in McLean, Va.; attending Middlebury College, majoring in Russian and international & global studies. Recognized as the Donald S. Spigler Memo- rial and Maria Giuseppa Spigler Scholar. 7. Natalie Mango – daughter of David Mango (State) and Jenni- fer Mango; graduating from the American International School in Vienna, Austria; attending Leiden University College in the Netherlands with an undeclared major. Recognized as the Joanna and Robert Martin Scholar. 8. Connor McKinney – son of Christopher McKinney (State) and Tracy McKinney; graduating from GeorgeWashington High School in Charleston, W. Va.; attending the University of California at Berkeley, majoring in political science. Recognized as the Joanna and Robert Martin Scholar. 9. Benjamin “Phoenix” Mor- rison – son of Stephen Mor- rison (FCS) and Carol Fishback; graduating from St. Anselm’s Abbey School inWashington, D.C.; attending Vassar College, majoring in physics. Recognized as the John and Priscilla Becker Family Scholar. 10. Morgan Pratt – son of Adrian Pratt (State) and Mar- garet Pratt; graduating from the American Embassy School in New Delhi, India; attending the University of North Caro- lina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C., majoring in mathematics. Recognized as the CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Federal Employee Program Scholar. 11. Rebecca Sarfati – daughter of Linda Daetwyler (State) and Mark Sarfati; graduating from the Seoul Foreign School in Seoul, South Korea; attending Brown University, majoring in law. Recognized as the CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Federal Employee Program Scholar and the Art Merit Winner for her cre- ative writing submission, which included a poem,“Regression,” and short story,“Red.” 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8