The Foreign Service Journal, October 2008

William G. Bradford , 83, a retired FSO and former ambassador, died on July 16 in Fairfax, Va., of lung cancer. Born in Chicago, Ill., Mr. Bradford left high school to enlist in the U.S. Army during World War II and saw action in the European theater. He graduated from Indiana University in 1948 and, following experience in the private sector, joined the Foreign Service in 1952. Mr. Bradford’s career took him to Berlin (1952-1955), Naples (1955- 1958) and Washington, D.C. (1959- 1961). He served in Vietnam (1962- 1964) as counselor for administration and, again, in 1976 after the fall of Saigon, as executive officer of the Vietnamese Refugee Task Force. While stationed in Kinshasa (1964- 1966), he managed the massive air evacuations of Americans and others on the heels of the Stanleyville Massacre. He served in Freetown (1966-1968) as deputy chief of mis- sion, and for his service there received a Superior Honor Award for Heroism. From 1969 to 1976, Mr. Bradford served as executive director of the Bureau of African Affairs, until his appointment as ambassador to the Republic of Chad, where he served from 1976 to 1979. Ambassador Bradford retired in 1979 to serve as national campaign manager for independent candidate John B. Anderson’s bid for the presi- dency. For nearly 30 years, until his death, Amb. Bradford served as chief execu- tive officer of W.G. Bradford & Asso- ciates, an international consulting firm focused on Africa with clients worldwide. He had been a resident of McLean, Va., since 1969. Mr. Bradford is survived by his wife Joanne Schwarz Bradford of McLean; his son Bruce of El Paso, Texas; his daughter Katherine Fiala of Evansville, Ind.; his daughter Debo- rah Hornbake of Hadlyme, Conn.; and five grandchildren. Susan Long Callahan , the wife of retired FSO James Callahan of New Silver Beach in North Falmouth, Mass., (and Bethesda, Md.), died qui- etly in the home near the water that she loved on June 4 after a long illness. Mrs. Callahan was born in Fair- bury, Neb., but grew up with her fam- ily in Venezuela and Brazil. She attended the University of California at Berkeley, the American University of Beirut and the University of South Africa. She first met her husband in Bamyan, Afghanistan, where she serv- ed as a Peace Corps Volunteer. They later married in Beirut, where Mr. Callahan was assigned to the embassy as a Foreign Service officer with the United States Information Agency. Mrs. Callahan and her family lived in Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen, the Philippines, Iraq, South Africa, Nigeria and India. During those years, Mrs. Callahan was often a teacher of English as a Second Lang- uage. She was the community liaison officer in Baghdad prior to the first Gulf War and, later, served in the U.S. consulates in Lagos and New Delhi. Besides her husband, James, Mrs. Callahan is survived by her three chil- dren: Kevin Callahan of Denver, Colo.; Robyn Callahan of Waltham, Mass.; and David Callahan of East- hampton, Mass. Contributions in her memory can be made to: The Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital Lung Transplant Pro- gram, Attention Dr. Leo Ginns-Cox 2, 55 Fruit Street, Boston MA 02114; The VNA of Cape Cod, 64 Ter Heun Drive, Falmouth MA 02540; or The American Foreign Service Associa- tion Scholarship Fund, 2101 E Street N.W., Washington DC 20037. Samuel C. Case , 81, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on March 4 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Mr. Case was born in Mills County, O C T O B E R 2 0 0 8 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 73 u u I N M EMORY