The Foreign Service Journal, September 2011

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 1 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 65 Later assignments took the family to Beirut and Rotterdam, with several tours inWashington in between. Fam- ily members recall that Mrs. Erickson took all the new assignments in stride, devoting herself to studying the ways and languages of each country. Mind- ful of diplomatic protocol, she also made sure that the whole family took in as much of the local art and culture as possible. During her experience abroad, Mrs. Erickson found that families moving overseas needed information available while traveling and began writing travel guides, first for Holland and, later, for Germany. She contin- ued writing during retirement in Calvert County, Md., where she penned articles about local issues and, as friends and family recall, continued learning, studying and working to de- velop and maintain an open mind spir- itually and emotionally. Mrs. Erickson is survived by her son, Mark Erickson, of Tampa, Fla. George Robert Jacobs , 92, a re- tired Foreign Service officer, died of congestive heart failure on April 13 at his home in Washington, D.C. Mr. Jacobs was born on March 15, 1919, in Chicago, Ill., and attended the Francis W. Parker School there. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940 with a degree in economics. After college, Mr. Jacobs joined the Work Projects Administration, where he had held a summer job in 1939. In 1942 he joined the War Production Board, and in 1943 moved to the Of- fice of Strategic Services in Washing- ton, D.C. From 1944 to 1945, he was posted in London, working on eco- nomic bombing targets in Germany. He married Carolyn Berry in 1945. Mr. Jacobs joined the State Depart- ment in 1945 and worked on German and Austrian affairs and on the Mar- shall Plan until 1956, when he received his Foreign Service commission. During a 17-year career as an FSO, Mr. Jacobs served overseas in Bangkok as an economic officer working with the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (1956-1958); in Lon- don, where as a first secretary he worked on international agreements on I N M E M O R Y