The Foreign Service Journal, September 2016

88 SEPTEMBER 2016 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL Born during World War II in her mother’s hometown of Morgantown, W. Va., Emily Claire Leonard moved with her family to Alexandria, Va., when her attorney father was appointed to a senior post in the Eisenhower administration’s Department of Justice. Ms. Leonard worked summers for the federal government during high school. After earning a B.A. in economics from Wellesley College and an M.S. in manage- ment from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ms. Leonard worked for a business gaming venture in Cambridge, Mass., before returning to Washington and beginning her career in the Foreign Service. Ms. Leonard served the U.S. govern- ment’s overseas programs for nearly a quarter century, initially as a budget examiner for USAID at the Office of Man- agement and Budget (1971-1976). She then joined USAID, serving as a health economist in the Near East Bureau (1976-1979), as an assistant health officer in Cairo (1979-1982), a regional coordi- nator for the Middle East in the Bureau of Planning and Program Coordination (1982-1985), and as an assistant director and program officer in Tunisia (1985). After returning to Washington as a desk officer for the Office of Central American Affairs (1986-1989), Ms. Leon- ard concluded her career as the senior career officer in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. There she helped reform the jus- tice system, enduring death threats to establish a district attorney’s office with nationwide jurisdiction. Her “valiant actions” were honored by the Honduran Bar Association, the Supreme Court of Honduras and the Public Ministry. She retired fromUSAID in November 1994, although she returned as a contract manager in Haiti for five months during 1995. USAID colleagues remember Emily Leonard as a dazzling woman who windsurfed in the Mediterranean, went scuba diving in the Red Sea, and enliv- ened embassy parties. An accomplished linguist, she conversed easily in French, Arabic and Spanish. In retirement, Ms. Leonard studied law and enjoyed garden- ing, reading and collecting Central Ameri- can art. She loved the people of Honduras and quietly provided regular financial help to needy students and families with disabled children. Emily Claire Leonard is survived by her sister Jennifer Leonard (and her hus- band David Cay Johnston) of Rochester, N.Y., and their children Molly and Kate Leonard; by her brother George Stephen Leonard (and his wife Kathy) of Monroe Township, N.J., and their children George and Valerie Leonard. n Charles A. McGinley, 96, a retired Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Infor- mation Agency and the U.S. International Communication Agency, died peacefully at home in Tucson, Ariz., on May 24. Mr. McGinley was born on Jan. 29, 1920, in Orange, N.J. He served for four years in the U.S. Army and Army Air Force during World War II, and earned B.A. and MLS degrees from the University of Southern California. Mr. McGinley’s Foreign Service career included assignments as a USIA public affairs officer in Cebu, Philippines (1951- 1953) and in Benghazi, Libya (1954-1956). In Cebu, he met Teresita Lopez, and they married on Dec. 6, 1954, in Benghazi. He worked as a regional public affairs officer in Bangkok (1956-1957), as an assistant cultural affairs officer in Taipei (1958-1963), as a book officer in Saigon (1966-1968) and as a cultural affairs offi- cer in Dacca (1968-1971). Mr. McGinley’s final posting was as a public affairs officer with the U.S. International Communica- tion Agency in Perth, Western Australia (1978-1980). Between postings, Mr. McGinley worked for USIA as a career counselor, chief of the agency’s training division and deputy chief of the bibliographic division. The McGinleys retired to Tucson, Ariz., in 1980 and enjoyed more than three decades of life together with frequent visits from family members. Mr. McGinley was a committed walker and an avid reader. He enjoyed classical music, gardening and keeping up with current events. In November 2010, the couple pub- lished interesting and humorous anec- dotes from their years abroad under the title Before Noon: Personal Stories from the Lighter Side of Diplomacy. Charles McGinley is survived by his wife of 62 years, Teresita; three daugh- ters, Nancy Ostrovsky, Cynthia McGinley Rosen, and Sharon Shaw Reeder; six grandchildren and four great-grandchil- dren. n Diana Jill Moxhay, 74, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on May 21 at her home on Peaks Island, Maine, follow- ing a brave battle with cancer. Ms. Moxhay was born on March 17, 1942, in Rye, N.Y., to Jack and Dorothea Moxhay. She graduated from Rye High School and attended Smith College in Northampton, Mass., graduating in 1964. She had a competitive spirit and par- ticipated in sports, particularly lacrosse, throughout her school years. In her pro- fessional life, she worked to open doors previously closed to women. Following college, she worked for Radio Liberty Munich and Voice of America, and was subsequently recruited as a Foreign Ser- vice officer by the State Department. Ms. Moxhay had a great facility for