The Foreign Service Journal, September 2013

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2013 35 scratch, which was extremely cumbersome. But he was always patient, friendly and disarming, and, in the end, successful. FSJ: Are there other people you worked with that you felt were outstanding? GWL: Yes, another figure I admired is John Leddy, who was assistant secretary for European affairs during the 1960s. A civil servant who came from Treasury, John was an outstand- ing economist and a fair-minded boss. The same was true of his successor, Martin Hillenbrand, later ambassador to Germany. A superb Foreign Service offi- cer, he was knowledgeable and went out of his way to assist his staff at all times. I also want to mention Margaret Joy “Tibby” Tibbetts. She was deputy assistant secretary for European affairs while I worked on Spain and Portugal. Previously she had been ambassador to Norway. An early breaker of the glass ceiling, she was admired by all who worked for her. Finally, let me single out Joe Sisco, who served as assistant secretary for Near Eastern affairs and, later, as under secretary for political affairs. Though Joe was an FSO, he spent his entire career in Washington. He was the ultimate operator, and I mean that in a good sense. Joe knew what was going on everywhere and was a mover and a shaker. Yet he never used his position for personal gain or advancement, but only for the good of the country. He was an indispensable consigliere to various Secretaries of State. FSJ: Any final thoughts? GWL : Yes, I want to clarify something I mentioned earlier. When I finally retired from the Army Reserve in 1974, I became entitled to be buried in Arlington Cemetery. My wife, Mary, who passed away in 2010, is already laid to rest there. One day I will follow her. And that strikes me—and I don’t mean to make light of it—as a fitting end to my American dream. FSJ: Thank you very much, Ambassador Landau . n