The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2016

AFSA NEWS CALENDAR THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION July 4 Independence Day: AFSA Offices Closed July 6 12-1:30 p.m. AFSA Governing Board Meeting July 13 6:30-8:30 p.m. U.S. Marine Corps MESG Detachment Commanders Reception August 3 12-1:30 p.m. AFSA Governing Board Meeting August 26 12-1:00 p.m. Job Search Program Graduation at FSI August 31 3-4:30 p.m. 10th Annual Adair Lecture: Amb. (ret.) Rozanne ‘Roz’ Ridgway American University September 5 Labor Day: AFSA Offices Closed September 7 12-1:30 p.m. AFSA Governing Board Meeting AFSA/JOAQUINSOSA AFSA President Ambassador Barbara Stephenson and Scholarship Committee Chair Ambassador (ret.) Lange Schermerhorn (far left) met with the five local merit award winners. Honoring Scholarship Donors and the 2016 Merit AwardWinners On May 5, AFSA celebrated this year’s merit award recipients and the program’s donors at its annual AFSA Scholarship Program reception. AFSA’s scholarship program offers two separate scholarship routes to children of AFSAmembers whose par- ents are or were in the Foreign Service: one-time-only merit awards for graduating high school seniors who compete on their academic, artistic and Continued on p. 81 Ruth A. Davis Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Constructive Dissent Award Jefferson Smith William R. Rivkin Award for Constructive Dissent by a Mid-level Officer Exemplary Performance Awards John K. Naland Achievements and Contributions to the Association Award Michael Honigstein Steven Hendrix (runner-up) Mark Palmer Award for the Advancement of Democracy Toni Kula Nelson B. Delavan Award for Exemplary Performance by an Office Management Specialist Sara Locke Berna Keen (runner-up) M. Juanita Guess Award for Exemplary Performance by a Community Liaison Officer Shawn Akard Amy Clutter (runner-up) Avis Bohlen Award for Exemplary Performance by an Eligible Family Member Karn ‘KC’ Carlson AFSA Post Representative of the Year Full coverage of AFSA’s June 23 awards ceremony, profiles of the winners and related articles will appear in the September issue of The Foreign Service Journal. ANNOUNCING THE 2016 AFSA AWARD RECIPIENTS THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JULY-AUGUST 2016 77

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