The Foreign Service Journal, November 2015

82 NOVEMBER 2015 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL tributions to child survival and health in developing countries. Mrs. Martin served USAID inmany short-term consultancies at Mr. Martin’s various postings, as well as with USAID- funded firms inWashington, D.C. She served as an adviser and communications coordinator and technical writer in the area of maternal and child health. Mrs. Martin was devoted to her family, actively involved in church and enjoyed cooking, entertaining, reading, theater and travel. Family and friends remember her as kind-hearted, creative, principled and an attentive listener. Mrs. Martin is survived by her husband, Raymond; two children: Annette (and her husband, Emre Ozaltin) and Gregory Martin; and one grandson, Troy Ozaltin, all of Washington, D.C. Donations inMrs. Martin’s name may be made to the global mother and child health activities of the Mennonite Central Committee at www.donate.mcc.org/regis- try/luann-martin-memorial. Condolences can be emailed toMr. Martin at martinrs@ aol.com. n Robert J. Minges, 92, a retired FSO with USAID, died of cerebrovascular dis- ease on Aug. 20 at an assisted living center inWashington, D.C. Mr. Minges was born on June 14, 1923, in La Porte, Ind., to William Edward and Elsie Anna (Zach) Minges. He served with the U.S. Air Force from 1942 to 1945 and earned an M.A. in international relations from the University of Chicago in 1950. Mr. Minges began his career as a United Nations economist in 1951. With USAID he worked on U.S. foreign aid programs in Iran, Laos, Tunisia, Mali and Brazil. He served as assistant director of the USAID program in Rio de Janeiro from 1962 to 1965, and as director of USAID programs in Honduras (1966- 1969) and Ecuador (1969-1971). After retiring from federal service in 1971, he was an adviser for five years in Cote d’Ivoire with the Entente Fund, an aid program. He lived in Nice, France, for 10 years before settling inWashington, D.C. Mr. Minges is survived by his wife, Lilia; two children, Michael andMarielle; and two grandchildren, Nicolas and Sophie. n Byron BensonMorton, 84, a retired Foreign Service officer, died of Parkinson’s disease on Aug. 12 at the Skilled Nursing Center of Maplewood Senior Residence in Bethesda, Md. Mr. Morton was born in Elizabeth, N.J., and attended Pingry School. He earned a B.A. from Harvard University in 1952. Mr. Morton’s first posting in the Foreign Service was toMoscow, where he served as an expert on the Soviet military. Subsequent assignments included Japan, Belgrade, Tehran, Prague and Germany, where he was the political adviser to the commanding general of the U.S. Air Force in Europe. He retired in 1989 to Bethesda, Md. Mr. Morton is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mary Bolmar Morton; and his sister, Frances, and her husband, William Holzapfel, of Elizabeth, N.J. n RichardW. Petree, 90, a retired FSO, died on Feb. 8 in Stamford, Conn., of complications from a stroke suffered four years earlier. Mr. Petree was born on June 4, 1924, in Jamestown, N.Y., and grew up in Toledo and Des Moines. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 and was selected for immersive Japanese language training at the Navy’s Oriental Language School at the University of Colorado. After leaving the Navy in 1946, he served in Chinhae (1946-1947), where hostess to students, diplomats and other guests there for 10 years. In 2002, she retired to Chapel Hill, N.C., where she was a boardmember of the Carolina Friends of the Foreign Service Club, founded the Liberal Ladies Book Club, joined writing groups and enthusias- tically volunteered at the Eno River Unitar- ian Universalist Fellowship church. Ms. Jay is survived by her three chil- dren: Heidi, Kristina and Karl-Eric; her sister and brother; and 10 grandchildren. Donations inMs. Jay’s memory may be made to Cornucopia Cancer Support Center (www.cancersupport4u.org ). n LuannHabegger Martin, 66, a USAID personal services contractor and wife of USAID FSO RaymondMartin, died of cancer on July 14, at her home in McLean, Va. Mrs. Martin was born on Jan. 17, 1949, in Berne, Ind. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Goshen College. Following a year in peace studies at what is now the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Indiana, she pursued a mas- ter’s degree in international development at American University in Washington, D.C. After a volunteer position with the Mennonite Central Committee Peace Office, she joined her husband, Raymond, in his Foreign Service career with USAID, serving in Ghana, Cameroon, Pakistan and Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). In her professional life, Mrs. Martin focused her writing and organizational talents on promoting mother and child health and nutrition. She worked with UNICEF, USAID and FHI 360, where she was associate director of communications for a global maternal and child health project. Colleagues recall her significant con-