The Foreign Service Journal, October 2003

8 AFSA NEWS • OCTOBER 2003 ual scholarship is a great, and permanent, way to pay tribute to the Foreign Service: only the interest from the original dona- tion is awardedwhile theprincipal remains protected in perpetuity. New AFSA Scholarships The Everett K. and Clara C. Melby Memorial Scholarship was established upon EverettMelby’s death in 2003. This perpetual financial aid scholarship will be awarded annually. The Melbys spent 32 years in the Foreign Service assigned to Switzerland, Greece, Germany, British Guyana (three tours), Haiti, Canada and the U.S. Everett Melby’s brother and sister were also in the Foreign Service, and their son, Eric,was anAFSAscholarship recipient in1966. This scholarship trib- ute toAFSAishighly fitting for a family that has dedicated so much of their lives to the Foreign Service. The Elizabeth Berger Memorial Scholarship was established inJune through the coordinating efforts of Sheridan Collins, Elizabeth’s daughter. This $1,000 annual scholarship was awarded to Khristian Lopez, now a freshmanatColumbiaCollege inChicago. ElizabethBerger, anativeofMontana, trav- eled with her husband, Samuel David Berger, who served as deputyU.S. ambas- sador to South Vietnam from 1969 until 1972 when the Bergers returned to Washington,D.C. Mrs. Bergerpassedaway in June 2002 at the age of 88. Ambassador Philip and Mrs. Barbara Kaplanestablisheda $3,000 scholarship for a high-achieving college junior or senior wanting to pursue a public service career. LeslieCole, attendingGeorgeWashington University, is the recipient of this award. Amb. Kaplan’s Foreign Service career spanned 27 years. He has also served as a professor of international affairs at Brown, American University and George Washington University, and is an author and lawyer. He joinedPatton, Boggs, L.L.P. as apartner in1994. Mrs.Kaplanhas served as a teacher, administrator, and counselor to international students in the U.S., Austria, Belgium, Germany and the Philippines. She currently teaches at the Washington International School. A One-of-a-Kind FAS Scholarship Friends and family of Foreign Agriculture Service FSOMartinPatterson recently established an AFSA scholarship in his memory. “Marty” Patterson, an AFSAmember, passed away suddenly on July 3, 2003. His wife Constanza, an Economic Research Service employee, and their three daughters— Alicia, SylviaandMariana— survive him. He served in Singapore and Caracas. TheMemorialMartinG. Patterson Scholarship — the first of its kind—will be bestowed as a need-based, undergraduate, college schol- arship to a child of a FAS or APHIS Foreign Service offi- cer. This will be anongoing awardonce $12,000 is raised. AFSAencourages contribu- tions, which are tax deductible. Thosewishing to contributemay senda checkpayable to the “AFSA Scholarship Fund” noting on the check “In Memory of Martin Patterson.” Donations may be sent to Lori Dec, Scholarship Director, AFSA Scholarship Program, 2101EStreetNW,Washington, DC 20037. Credit card (Master Card and Visa)donations are alsoaccepted. Tomake a credit carddonation, please include your name, card number, expiration date, address, phone/e-mail and amount to be donated. All contributors will be sent an acknowledgment for tax purposes. Eachyear the recipient of the awardwill be given biographical information about Marty and his family so the young person can understand the Foreign Service con- nection. For more information on this scholarship, please contact Lori Dec by phone: (800) 704-2372, ext. 504; fax: (202) 338- 6820; or e-mail: dec@afsa.org; or go to www.martinpattersonscholarship.com. ▫ Scholarhips • Continued from page 1 JOSH State Department Family Liaison Office; Harry M. Jannette International, L.L.C.; Wood-Wilson Company, Inc.; the Office ofOverseas Schools; theOverseas Briefing Center; and the StateDepartment Federal Credit Union. Margaret Jackson of Clayton, N.Y. received the first-placeAFSAaward,which includedacheckfor$2,500forherand$500 for theClonlaraSchool,whichsponsorsher homeschooling. Herwinningessay is enti- tled “Diplomacy and Cross-Border Security.” Secondplacewent to JohnKalz of Somerset, Ky., for his essay about slav- ery inSudan. Thirdplacewent toAndrew Hoover of King of Prussia, Penn., for his essayaddressingways theU.S. candealwith “rogue nations.” “I had no idea I would meet the Secretary of State,” saidMargaret Jackson. Theother twowinnerswere also surprised and pleased tomeet Secretary Powell. All three winners told AFSA News that they learned a lot about the Foreign Service by entering the essay contest. Margaret Jackson thinks she’d like to join the Service. She is now a freshman at DickinsonCollege. JohnKalz is a freshman at Lindsey Wilson College, and Andrew Hoover is a freshman at Princeton University. The essay contest, co-sponsored by AFSA and the Nelson B. Delavan Foundation, is held every year. For more information, go to www.afsa.org/essay- contest/essay.html. The deadline for the 2004 entries is inMarch 2004. Community Service and Video Awards Foreign Service Youth Foundation PresidentAnneKauzlarich introduced the FSYF to the many families and friends of thewinnerssqueezedintotheTreatyRoom. Acting DG Ruth A. Whiteside then pre- sented the Foreign Service Youth Foundation Awards for Community Service. The awards honor teenagerswho havedemonstratedoutstanding volunteer effortseitherincommunityserviceorinser- vicetotheirpeerswhilefacingthechallenges Essay • Continued from page 1 Continued on page 9