The Foreign Service Journal, September 2007

son offices in Washington and Beijing. In 1973, he was appointed assistant secretary of State for inter-American affairs and U.S. coordinator of the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. He served as ambassador to Greece from 1974 to 1977, and then as vice president of the National Defense University until 1979, when he retired. Amb. Kubisch held presidential appointments from six presidents, attaining the rank of career minister. He was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal and the French Legion d’Honneur Award, with the rank of commander. During retirement, Amb. Kubisch served as board chairman of the National Defense University (Na- tional War College), a consultant for the Council on Foreign Relations, a board member of the Panama Canal Company, and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Connie of Southern Pines, N.C.; four children; six grandchil- dren; and a great-grandchild. Howard L. McGowan , 63, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on May 18 of complications from heart bypass surgery at Virginia Hos- pital Center in Arlington, Va. Born in Pike County, Ohio, Mr. McGowan graduated from Southern Methodist University in Texas. In 1965, he joined the Foreign Service and, one year later, was posted to Lisbon. In 1968, Mr. McGowan was detailed to USAID’s Civil Operations and Rural Development Support program in rural Vietnam. He was transferred to Luanda in 1970, and then posted to Rio de Janeiro as general services officer in 1973. Later assignments took him to Brazil, El Salvador and Cape Verde, where he was chargé d’affaires from 1978 to 1980. While on assignments in Wash- ington, D.C., he served primarily as a personnel officer. He retired from the S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 7 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 83 I N M E M O R Y FSYF