The Foreign Service Journal, October 2004

Diplomatic Studies and Training, des- ignating all proceeds to support ADST’s book-publishing program. (You can read more about the book and its enthusiastic reviews by George Vest, Robert Kaplan, the FSJ , and others at www.adst.org.) W hat an amazing guy! Margery Thompson Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Washington, D.C. A G REAT G ENTLEMAN I was privileged to know Amb. Horan in Yaoundé. I was working as a rover in the communications (now information management) section. We quickly found common ground in our interest in the Middle East. His experiences there had left him with a great respect for the culture of that area. I enjoyed the times we had to talk of the area and people. He, his wife and family showed such grand hospitality to all — even TDY person- nel. During one of my six or so visits, I received word of a promotion. Amb. Horan took time from his busy sched- ule to not only write me a letter of con- gratulation, but to include a postscript in Arabic, which has made it an even more special memento of that time. Many years later, while visiting Washington from Damascus, I ran into Amb. Horan. He immediately recognized me, and took time for a short discussion on current events and their possible ramifications. He was a great gentleman, who will certainly be missed by all who knew him. Judy Chidester FS (IM), retired Las Cruces, New Mexico S UPPORT FOR C ONSULAR O FFICERS Ambassador (then-Principal Dep- uty Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Consular Affairs) Hume Horan was always known to be highly supportive of consular officers —and I am sure of many of his subordinates — working in the field. I’ll never forget the short cable he sent to me personally in the late 1970s on my detailed reporting from Montevideo on the arrest — and the prospective legal process regarding that arrest — of the chairman of the Ford Motor Company in Uruguay. That he took the time to focus on an individual consular officer’s work (although I am sure he had received quite a number of calls from Ford in Michigan about the case), and to praise my efforts, was evidence of a genuine concern and appreciation of the work consular officers do on a daily basis. (I also had the chance to meet with him upon my return to Washington and talk about the case.) Richard P. Livingston FSO Washington, D.C. 72 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / O C T O B E R 2 0 0 4