THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2024 73 to atrocity prevention programs around the world. Mr. Freeman retired for a second time in 2018 to Eugene, Ore., where he enrolled in university classes and earned his fifth and final college degree, a BA in psychology. In 2023 he was diagnosed with blood cancer, myelodysplastic syndrome. This cancer often results from stem cell transplants and eventually developed into acute myeloid leukemia that was ultimately untreatable. Mr. Freeman is survived by his daughter Laura Freeman, of Eugene, Ore.; his daughter Heather Freeman (and spouse Ethan Amarant), of Bellingham, Wash.; his sister, Chrissy Freeman, of Grass Valley, Calif.; and his former wife, Kay Freeman, of Eugene, Ore. Donations can be made in Mr. Freeman’s memory to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at https://www.lls.org. n Michael Malinowski, 75, retired FSO and former U.S. ambassador to Nepal, died in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 22, 2024. Born in Chicago on Nov. 14, 1948, to Edward and Helen Malinowski, Mr. Malinowski graduated from St. Rita High School and then Loyola University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1970. After a few years as a social worker in Chicago, he found his true calling and was accepted into the U.S. Foreign Service in 1976. From his first assignment processing visas at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City to his last, State Department chair at the National Defense Intelligence College, Amb. Malinowski left his mark. He specialized in the nations and cultures of Asia, especially Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nepal, where he spent much of his career.
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