The Foreign Service Journal, September 2007

New AFSA Scholarships Established In June, Dorothy Cameron established two scholarships under AFSA’s Academic Merit Program in memory of her late husband, Turner C. Cameron Jr. In August, she established a need-based financial aid scholarship. The first winners will be selected for the 2008 scholarship program. Cameron entered the Foreign Service in 1942. During his career, he was assigned to Paris, Belgrade, Hanoi, Saigon, Seoul, Colombo, Stockholm and Washington, D.C. He also served as diplomat-in-residence at the University of South Carolina. Mrs. Cameron tells AFSA that her hus- band’s interests included art, music and cooking — “the more complicated the recipe the better, because he said it cleared his mind of work.” He passed away in 1971 in Montgomery, Ala., where Mrs. Cameron still lives. Another scholarship, honoring the memory of Thomas G. Weston, who passed away in April 2007, has been established by his family and friends. It is a $1,500 financial aid scholarship that will be awarded for the 2007-2008 school year to a Foreign Service child pursuing an undergraduate college degree. Ambassador Weston was a career FSO who joined the Foreign Service in 1969. His overseas postings included Kinshasa, Bonn, Bremen, Ottawa and Nicosia. After retiring, he was a distinguished visiting lecturer in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. For more information on the AFSA Scholarship Program or on how to establish an AFSA Academic Merit, Art Merit of Financial Aid Scholarship, contact Scholarship Director Lori Dec at (202) 944-5504 or dec@afsa.org . S E P T EMB E R 2 0 0 7 / F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L 75 BOOKFAIR Opening Oct. 12 Opening day for the 47th annual BOOKFAIR of the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide is Friday, Oct. 12, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. for employees, spouses and escorted guests. The event takes place in the Exhibit Hall of the Harry S. Truman Building, and continues fromOct. 15 through 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. During two weekends, Oct. 13-14 and Oct. 20-21, the sale is open to the gener- al public, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Access is through the C Street entrance. VISA, MASTERCARD and personal checks accepted. BOOKFAIR Preview: On Thursday, Oct. 11, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., AAFSW will hold its second annual “Wine and Cheese” reception in the Exhibit Hall. Shopping during this event is welcome and encouraged. The cost is $10, payable at the entrance. Proceeds from BOOKFAIR are used to support Foreign Service student scholarships and com- munity projects. AAFSW encourages you to come and do your holiday shop- ping early. Please call (202) 223-5796 with ques- tions or visit www.aafsw.org . A F S A N E W S AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Request from ConGen Mumbai This year marks 50 years since Consulate General Mumbai moved into Wankaner Palace, formerly owned by the Maharaja of Wankaner. To celebrate this event, the con- sulate will present a photo exhibition; audio and video interviews with American and Indian staff, as well as others associated with the consulate; a historical narrative for publication in the press and on the con- sulate Web site; and possibly a short docu- mentary. To help illustrate the rich history of the consulate, please share your articles, stories, quotations, photos, records or prints that highlight events associated with Consulate General Mumbai. Please send anything that may be appropriate to: libref@state.gov and put “50th Anniversary” as the subject line, or mail it to: Elizabeth Kauffman, 6240 Mumbai Place, Dulles VA 20189-6240. Your help would be very much appreciated! Your License, Without an Expiration Date Washington State has a special driver’s license for military personnel, with an expiration date of “military.” This type of de facto extension would be useful for members of the Foreign Service as well. AFSAmember Llywelyn Graeme wrote to his Washington state representative and senator to ask about such an arrangement for Foreign Service members. As a result, State Senator Ken Jacobsen, D-Seattle, introduced legislation in April to give the Foreign Service the same privilege as the military. Graeme suggests that all Washington State residents write their state representatives and urge passage of this bill. They can find their legislators at www.leg.wa.gov/legislature . The bill is SB 6150-2007-08. Perhaps members in other states would have luck with similar suggestions to state legislators. JOSH