The Foreign Service Journal, November 2015

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2015 85 Donations in Mr. Senser’s name may be made to Human Rights Watch (www. hrw.org ) or the Solidarity Center (www. solidaritycenter.org) . Tributes can be found at www.adams green.com/book-of-memories/2203860/ Senser-Robert/view-stories.php. n Ruth Lord Tuch, 86, wife of retired FSO Hans Tuch, died of a stroke on July 26 at the Skilled Nursing Center of Maple- wood Senior Residence in Bethesda, Md. Known to all as Mimi, Mrs. Tuch was born on April 23, 1926, in Plano, Ill. She earned a B.A. in 1947 fromCarlton College in Northfield, Minn. While at Carlton, she joined Phi Beta Kappa and was valedicto- rian of her class. She then attended the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University inWashington, D.C., earning anM.A. in 1948. She became a for- eign affairs analyst at the then super-secret Army Intelligence Agency. Mrs. Tuchmet her future husband, Hans (Tom) Tuch, at SAIS. They were married in 1949 inWiesbaden, dur- ing Mr. Tuch’s first posting as a Foreign Service officer. Her budding career ended abruptly, as the State Department did not permit FS spouses to work at that time. The couple served in Frankfurt, Munich, Mos- cow, Sofia, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Bonn, with intermittent assignments inWashington, D.C. After Mr. Tuch’s retirement from the Foreign Service in 1985, the couple settled in Bethesda, Md., andmaintained an active cultural life. Mrs. andMr. Tuch supported the Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre, StudioTheatre and Roundhouse Theatre for many years. Their main engagement, however, was withmusic. They supported theWashing- ton Concert Opera, the National Sym- phony Orchestra, theWashington National Opera, the Summer Opera, theWashing- ton Bach Consort and Vocal Arts DC. They occasionally attended theMetropolitan Opera in New York, as well as operas in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Since 1986 they have been involved with theWolf Trap Opera Company. Mrs. Tuch is survived by her husband of 65 years, Hans; son, David, and his wife, Helena, of São Paulo; daughter, Andrea, and her husband, Patrick Lannan, of Santa Fe, N.M.; and two sisters, Emily Leyshon of Prescott, Ariz., and Sally Bodi of Long Island, N.Y. n WATCH FOR Education Supplement Coming in December! Offering You a World of Ideas About Your Child’s Education http://afsa.org/schools-supplement