The Foreign Service Journal, September 2013

24 SEPTEMBER 2013 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL GEORGEW. LANDAU LATINAMERICA EXPERT AND HUMANRIGHTS ADVOCATE The latest recipient of AFSA’s Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award shares stories and insights from his long career in the Foreign Service and international affairs. BY STEVEN ALAN HONL EY O n June 27, Ambassador George W. Landau received the Ameri- can Foreign Service Asso- ciation’s award for Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy, in recognition of a distinguished 28-year Foreign Service career and a lifetime of public service. Past recipi- ents of the award include U. Alexis Johnson, Frank Carlucci, George H.W. Bush, Lawrence Eagleburger, Cyrus Vance, David Newsom, Lee Hamilton, Thomas Pickering, George Shultz, Richard Parker, Richard Lugar, Morton Abramowitz, Joan Clark, Tom Boyatt, Sam Nunn, Bruce Laingen, Rozanne Ridg- way and William Lacy Swing. Steven Alan Honley is the editor of The Foreign Service Journal. FOCUS AFSA’S AWARDS PROGRAM George W. Landau, right, then first secretary and political officer in Madrid, greats Richard M. Nixon, who visited Spain as a private citizen after his losing bid for the California governorship in 1963. Photo courtesy of G.W. Landau