The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2023

90 JULY-AUGUST 2023 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL He also served as a member of the U.S.- Panama Consultative Committee from 1978 to 1982 and from 1995 to 2001. Ambassador Moss was counsel to the law firm of Greenberg Traurig in Miami from 1994 to 2010. He was a member of the Steering Committee for the first Summit of the Americas in Miami in December 1994. He wrote numerous articles and book chapters, spoke on subjects relating to inter-American affairs and European Union–U.S. relations, and taught courses at the University of Miami. He was a member of the Council of Foreign Relations (New York), Royal Institute of International Affairs (London), the International Institute of Strategic Studies (London), and the Institute of Catalan Studies (Barcelona). He received decorations from the gov- ernments of Catalonia, Spain, Panama, and Argentina. He has also received the Harold Weill Medal from New York University School of Law, and the U.S. Department of the Army Commander’s Award for public service. He was also awarded the “Lawyer of the Americas” citation by the Inter-American Law Review of the University of Miami. Amb. Moss was fluent in Catalan, Spanish, and French. He was an avid reader, a sailor, and a masterful paella chef. He is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Serena Welles Moss; four children, Ambler H. Moss III, Benjamin S. Moss, Serena M. Moss, and Nicholas G.O. Moss; and three grandchildren, Slater Serle Moss, Acadia Serle Moss, and Oliver Moss. n John M. “Mike” Joyce, 84, a retired Senior Foreign Service officer, died Feb. 21, 2023, at the Terrace Nursing Home in Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Joyce was born on May 8, 1938, in Alamosa, Colo., to Mable and William Joyce. He was the youngest of four chil- dren. His mother, a practicing Mormon, was a teacher, primarily in a one-room schoolhouse, from the age of 16 until she retired in the 1960s. His father, a Protes- tant of Irish heritage, was the postmaster general in Antonito, Colo., where Mr. Joyce grew up. He began school at age 7, starting in the second grade. At 17, he enrolled in Brigham Young University, which most of his friends attended. He spent two years studying civil engineering—he always loved cars— and then quit college to join the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force immediately assigned Mr. Joyce to attend Russian-language training for one year at Syracuse Univer- sity. He then spent the next three years in the back of huge military planes, filled with electronic equipment, flying close to the Soviet border and translat- ing radio transmissions from Russian to English. He was based at that time in West Germany. After leaving the Air Force, Mr. Joyce returned to BYU and graduated with a degree in political science and Russian studies. He met his wife, Karen, in a class at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She was a senior and he was a graduate student. Their first date took place on his birthday in May 1965. That day they also celebrated his acceptance by the Department of State into the U.S. Foreign Service. By that time, he already spoke both Russian and German. After a short courtship, the couple married on Dec. 31, 1965—a marriage that lasted 58 years—and Mr. Joyce began his career as a Foreign Service officer and Russia specialist. Mr. Joyce’s first assignment was to Manila in February 1966. Successive