The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2016

92 JULY-AUGUST 2016 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., and received a master’s degree in public administration from Princeton Univer- sity in 1952. Mr. Grove served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1957, and worked on the staff of Congressman Chester Bowles (D-Conn.) before joining the Foreign Service in 1959. Early overseas postings included Abidjan, New Delhi and Berlin. In Washington, D.C., he served as staff assistant to the Under Secretary of State, as special assistant to the deputy under secretary of State for administration, as deputy country director for Panama, as deputy director of the Policy Planning Staff, as a senior inspector in the Office of the Inspector General and as deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Inter- American Affairs. From 1974 to 1976, Mr. Grove served as chargé d’affaires and deputy chief of mission at the first U.S. embassy to open in East Germany. From 1980 to 1983, during Israel’s war with Lebanon, he was consul general in Jerusalem. Mr. Grove was then nominated to be ambassador to Kuwait, but the govern- ment refused to accept him because of his previous service in Jerusalem. He was then named ambassador to Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), where he served until 1987. As director of the Foreign Service Institute from 1988 to 1992, Ambassa dor Grove was instrumental in establishing the diplomatic training facility in a new, permanent home and significantly raising appreciation for the essential role of con- tinuous training in the State Department. Amb. Grove was tapped to lead a task force to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Somalia in 1992, and then returned to the Policy Planning Staff before retiring from the Foreign Service in 1994. In retirement, he served on the boards of directors of the American Academy of Diplomacy, the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. A lifetime member of the American Foreign Service Association, Amb. Grove served as chairman of the Foreign Service Journal Editorial Board from 1992 to 1994. Amb. Grove’s memoir, Behind Embassy Walls: The Life and Times of an American Diplomat (University of Missouri Press, 2005), was described by historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. as “a solid contribution to recent history with fascinating characterizations of leading diplomatic players.” His marriage to Marie Cheremeteff Abernethy ended in divorce. His second wife, Mariana Moran Grove, whom he married in 1988, died in 2006. Amb. Grove is survived by four children from his first marriage: John Grove of Boston, Mass., Catherine Jones and Paul Grove, both of Bethesda, Md., and Mark Grove of Los Angeles, Calif., and Washington, D.C.; a stepdaughter, Michele Parsons of New York City; and seven grandchildren. n Peter Maher, 78, a retired Foreign Service officer, passed away on April 22 in Scottsdale, Ariz. A native of Illinois, Mr. Maher served overseas with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1956 to 1959. He went on to receive a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1963. Mr. Maher spent a year working for the city welfare depart- ment before joining the State Depart- ment. Mr. Maher joined the Foreign Service in 1965 and embarked on a long and varied 28-year career. His early overseas postings included Ankara, Asmara, Suva and Reykjavík, where, colleagues recall, he was often honored as the oldest for- mer Marine at the annual Marine Corps Birthday ball. Mr. Maher also served as principal officer in Peshawar and deputy chief of mission in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. In addition, he had several assign- ments in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research in Washington, D.C. After retiring from the Foreign Service in 1993, he pursued his interests in car- pentry and cooking. Mr. Maher is survived by his wife, Sydel, of Scottsdale, Ariz., and their son, Andrew. n Henry Sears Sizer III , 82, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on April 7 at his home in Washington, D.C., of an apparent heart attack. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. Sizer earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1955 and graduated from Yale Law School in 1958. He joined the Foreign Service in 1958. A specialist in Middle Eastern affairs, his overseas assignments included Syria, Yemen, Tunisia, Vietnam, France and Lebanon. He was chargé d’affaires in Oman from 1978 through 1979. After retiring in 1986, Mr. Sizer settled in Washington, D.C. He worked with the American Foreign Service Association as a labor management officer for nearly a decade. AFSA colleagues remember him very fondly as a congenial co-worker, who brought a steady and calming hand to their small and busy office. At the same time, his diligence and attention to detail ensured that the people he helped received the best advice they could get. In 2003, Mr. Sizer retired for a second time, from AFSA. He was also a volun-