The Foreign Service Journal, September 2013

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JULY-AUGUST 2013 63 AFSA NEWS SEPTEMBER 2013 WOMEN IN SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT FOCUS AFSA NEWS CALENDAR 9/2/2013 8:00 - 5:00 PM Labor Day: AFSA Offices Closed 9/4/2013 12:00 - 2:00 PM AFSA Governing Board Meeting 9/8/2013 to 9/11/2013 AFSA Road Scholar Program 9/20/2013 to 9/21/2013 AFSA Governing Board Off-Site 10/2/2013 12:00 - 2:00 PM AFSA Governing Board Meeting 10/6/2013 to 10/11/2013 AFSA Road Scholar Program 10/13/2013 to 10/16/2013 AFSA Road Scholar Program 10/20/2013 to 10/24/2013 AFSA Road Scholar Program 11/6/2013 12:00 - 2:00 PM AFSA Governing Board Meeting THE OFFICIAL R CORD OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION AFSAAwards Ceremony Honors Lifetime Achievement, Constructive Dissent and Exemplary Performance PHOTOSBYDONNAAYERST Awards continued on page 73 of AFSA’s Lifetime Contribu- tions to American Diplomacy Award. Thomas-Greenfield is a lifelong member of AFSA, and thanked the association for the important role the awards play in encouraging constructive dissent and exemplary performance. Ambassador Thomas D. Boyatt, a previous winner of the Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award, gave a comprehensive and laudatory introduction to his friend, colleague and mentor, Amb. George Landau. He pre- sented an extensive history of Amb. Landau’s Foreign Service career, highlighting his commercial and eco- nomic work in particular. In accepting the Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award, Amb. Landau began by thanking all of those who assisted him throughout his many years of service to the United States. Despite being a “late-bloomer” into the Foreign Service, his assign- ments included ambassa- dorships to Paraguay, Chile On June 27, with family mem- bers, colleagues and friends seated in the Department of State’s Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Reception room, AFSA President Susan R. Johnson opened the 2013 AFSA Awards Ceremony with an historical overview of AFSA’s awards program and its purpose. A LIFETIME OF SERVICE Director General of the Foreign Service Linda Thomas-Greenfield congrat- ulated this year’s honorees and made special note of the accomplishments of Ambassador George W. Landau, this year’s recipient The Department of State’s Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Reception Room was filled to capacity on June 27, as AFSA presented this year’s recipients of the 2013 AFSA Awards. At the podium, Theodore Lyng delivers his acceptance speech after receiving the William R. Rivkin Award for constructive dissent. Below, AFSA President Susan R. Johnson with Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award recipient Ambassador George W. Landau.