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plaque ceremony on Foreign Service Day in May 2021. The project will accom- plish four things. First, it will provide additional space for future inscriptions. There are currently only eight spaces open. The project will install new panels on each of the six pillars in the C Street Lobby that the State Department reserved for AFSA in 2011. If the sad toll of deaths of Foreign Service members in the line of duty continues in the future at the same rate as it has since the end of the VietnamWar, that would pro- vide space for 50 more years of inscriptions. Second, the project will allow the addition of 69 THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | OCTOBER 2020 63 AFSA NEWS AFSA NEWS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION Please check www.afsa.org for the most up-to-date information. All events are subject to cancellation and/ or rescheduling. October 14 Postponed: Annual AFSA Awards Ceremony October 19 Columbus Day: AFSA Offices Closed October 21 12–2 p.m. AFSA Governing Board Meeting November 11 Veterans Day: AFSA Offices Closed November 18 12–2 p.m. AFSA Governing Board Meeting November 26 Thanksgiving Day: AFSA Offices Closed CALENDAR Continued on page 72 AFSA Memorial Plaque Expansion Planned On Aug. 19, the AFSA Govern- ing Board approved a major expansion and renovation of the AFSAMemorial Plaques displayed in the C Street Lobby of the Harry S Truman Building in Washington, D.C. JOHNNALAND ANNOUNC I NG THE 2020 AFSA AWARD WI NNERS LIFETIME CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN DIPLOMACY Edward J. Perkins CONSTRUCTIVE DISSENT David Heddleston F. Allen “Tex”Harris Award for a Foreign Service Specialist Lindsay Dana W. Averell Harriman Award for an Entry-Level Officer Monica Smith Christian A. Herter Award for a Senior Foreign Service Officer Julie M. Stufft Christian A. Herter Award for a Senior Foreign Service Officer Jason Smith WilliamR. Rivkin Award for a Mid-Level Officer EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE Rick Bassett Avis Bohlen Award for an Eligible Family Member Jennifer Mauldin M. Juanita Guess Award for a Community Liaison Officer Jennifer A. McCoy Nelson B. DelavanAward for an Office Management Specialist Runner-Up: Jean A. Monfort Alexandra Shema Mark Palmer Award for the Advancement of Democracy Rafael P. Foley Mark Palmer Award for the Advancement of Democracy Jason Vorderstrasse AFSAAchievement and Contributions to the Association James Yorke AFSASpecial Achievement Award Look for profiles of all the recipients, and an interview with the Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy recipient, in the December issue of The Foreign Service Journal. n This is the first major proj- ect undertaken to celebrate the centennial of the 1924 founding of the U.S. Foreign Service and AFSA. AFSA’s goal is to unveil the 10 new plaques at the annual The current AFSAwest wall memorial plaques.