The Foreign Service Journal, September 2011

66 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 1 shipping, rubber and tin, and on the British economy (1959-1963); and in Manila, where he served as alternate U.S. director of the Asian Develop- ment Bank (1968-1972). In Washington, D.C., Mr. Jacobs at- tended the Senior Seminar (1963- 1964). Until 1968 he served as deputy director and then director of the Office of International Resources, and as act- ing deputy assistant secretary and, later, deputy assistant secretary for interna- tional resources and food policy (1964- 1968). He retired in 1973 after service as a deputy examiner on the Board of Examiners for theU.S. Foreign Service. Mr. Jacobs is survived by his wife, Carolyn, of Washington, D.C.; a son, Michael B. Jacobs of Groton, Mass.; a daughter, Deborah Jacobs of Takoma Park, Md.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Richard E. Johnson , 90, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on April 20 in Washington, D.C. Mr. Johnson was born on Oct. 5, 1920, in Evanston, Ill. He grew up in Winnetka, Ill., attending the Montes- sori School in his early years and grad- uating fromNorth Shore Country Day School in 1938. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 1942, and did graduate work in economics at I N M E M O R Y Alice S. Pickering , 80, a former FSO and wife of retired Senior For- eign Service officer and former career ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, died on June 23 at Goodwin House in Falls Church, Va. Born on June 15, 1931, in Sharon, Pa., to George Chesney Stover and Alice Gill Stover, Alice Pickering was an honors and Phi Beta Kappa gradu- ate of Swarthmore College. She re- ceived master’s degrees in inter- national relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and in library science from the Catholic Uni- versity of America, where she was a member of the Beta Phi Mu Interna- tional Library and Information Stud- ies Honor Society. Mrs. Pickering served as a Foreign Service officer at the U.S. Information Agency from 1954 to 1955 and was posted to The Hague. Later, she worked as a reference librarian at the Sherwood Hall Regional Library in Fairfax County, Va. Following her marriage, Mrs. Pick- ering resigned from the Foreign Serv- ice, as female FSOs were required to do at that time. She accompanied her husband to his naval assignment in Port Lyautey, Morocco, and thereafter to 10 diplomatic posts, including seven where he served as ambassador: Geneva, Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam, Amman, Lagos, San Salvador, Tel Aviv, the United Nations in New York, New Delhi and Moscow. Mrs. Pickering was also a member of the League of Women Voters, the American Association of University Women and the Associates of the American Foreign Service World- wide. She was also a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Alexan- dria, Va., for more than 50 years. Family and friends recall how deeply she cared for people in need, whether in her own neighborhood or around the globe; her love of country; and her passionate belief in the power of education to transform people’s lives. “All of us who were lucky enough to know Alice understood her com- mitment and appreciated her love for her family and her country,” said Sec- retary of State Hillary Rodham Clin- ton in offering condolences. “For four decades, in posts ranging from Russia to El Salvador, she and Tom served the United States with great distinction.” In offering condolences on behalf of AFSA, President Susan R. Johnson stated: “Like so many members of the extended Foreign Service family, Alice was deeply devoted to America’s ideals, our values and the importance of service. All of us who were fortu- nate enough to know Alice appreci- ated her outstanding commitment. At every post, she took special pride in welcoming the new Foreign Service staff and made every effort to ensure that their families felt at home, and were part of our collective mission.” Alice Pickering is survived by her husband of 55 years, Thomas of Great Falls, Va.; her son, Timothy R. Picker- ing (and his wife, Carolyn) and her daughter, Margaret “Meg” Schmidt (and her husband, John); four grand- children; and two great-grandchil- dren. She is also survived by her brother, Charles Chesney Stover and sister-in-law, Marcia Pickering Hunt. Contributions in Alice Pickering’s honor may be made to the Frends of Sherwood Hall Library, 2501 Sher- wood Hall Lane, Alexandria VA 22306; the American Center for Ori- ental Research, Amman, Jordan, 656 Beacon St., 5th floor, Boston MA 02215; the National Parks Conserva- tion Association, 777 6th St., NW, Washington DC 20001; WETA, 3636 Campbell Ave., Arlington VA 22206; or WAMU 88.5, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington DC 20016.