The Foreign Service Journal, September 2005

inspection teams to U.S. embassies and consulates in all parts of the world. He was also seconded by the Department of State for four years to serve as executive director of the American-Australian Bicentennial Foundation. Thoughout these peregrinations — which also included stints in Washington, D.C., and at the Air War College in Montgomery, Ala., where he received a master’s degree in polit- ical science from Auburn University — he was accompanied by his wife and children, with the result that they became a very close-knit and loving family. First retiring to Bethesda, Md., Amb. and Mrs. Linehan moved to Sarasota, Fla., in 1995. There he became active as a Guardian ad Litem (a citizen dispute small-claims mediator), a board member of the Sarasota Opera Guild and the Foreign Service Retirees Association of Florida, as well as a board mem- ber of DACOR and the DACOR Bacon House Foundation. He was also an active member of St. Andrew United Church of Christ, serving as president of the church council for two years. Amb. Linehan leaves behind his wife of 57 years, Jan; two sons, Mark H. (and his wife Karen LaBonte) of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Andrew A. of Portland, Ore; a daughter, Sarah, also of Portland, Ore.; and one beloved granddaughter, Ruth, of Yorktown Heights. The family sug- gests that memorial gifts be made to the St. Andrew UCC Endowment Fund. Jeanne L. Norins , 87, a retired Foreign Service staff officer, died May 14 at her home in San Francisco, Calif. Ms. Norins was born in Los Angeles, Calif. She joined the War Department in 1942 as a stenogra- pher, and served in Washington, New York (with the U.N.’s new pro- gram of aid), Italy, Germany, England and Brazil. In 1951, Ms. Norins joined the Department of State as a staff offi- cer. In an 18-year career there she served in Athens, Aden, Bangkok, Tokyo, Malta, Ottawa and Vientiane, often as the ambassador’s secretary. She was sent on temporary duty to help establish diplomatic posts in East Africa and handled one of the first hijackings of a U.S. airliner for the State Department in 1961. Ms. Norins retired in 1969. Following retirement Ms. Norins settled in San Francisco, where she became active in community affairs. She raised housing issues with the Board of Supervisors and played an important role in securing municipal funds for a new hospital. She also successfully lobbied the board to lengthen the time to cross the street at signal-controlled intersections. A strong believer in an independent and professional Foreign Service, she was active in the Bay area’s for- eign affairs organizations. She also led three statewide professional associations. Jeanne Norins leaves many nieces, nephews and cousins, including Robert Berg of Washington, D.C. The family requests that her memory be honored with contributions to the Senior Living Foundation of the American Foreign Service Association or to the DACOR Bacon House Foundation. n S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 5 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 85 I N M E M O R Y u u Send your “In Memory” submission to: Foreign Service Journal Attn: Susan Maitra 2101 E Street NW, Washington DC 20037, or e-mail it to FSJedit@afsa.org, or fax it to (202) 338-8244. No photos, please.