HONORED ON RETIREMENT-Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs John Richardson, Jr., left, presents a Superior Honor Award for "outstanding leadership and professional competence" to Marjorie P. Philbrick, Director of the Office of Public Services, who retired Feb. 5 from the Department. Shown at right is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs William D. Blair, Jr. International Scientific and Technological Affairs Herman Pollack, Director of SCI, hosted a reception at his residence on January 17 in connection with the Annual Scientific Attachés Conference, held in the Department, January 17-21. Following that conference, several of the Attachés participated in the Thirteenth Meeting of the Panel on Science and Technology, sponsored by the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, January 24-28. On January 19, Mr. Pollack also hosted the annual reception for Foreign Scientific Attachés accredited in Washington. The Joint Subcommittee on Pro gram Review and Planning (under the U.S./Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program) met in Honolulu, January 20-22. The Subcommittee's primary objective this year was the creation of a new Environmental Panel to focus on a cooperative effort between the two countries to find solutions in combatting pollution. The U.S. delegation was headed by Dr. Colin M. MacLeod, President, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. His Japanese counterpart was Toshio Kurokawa, Director of Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo. Christian A. Herter, Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary and Director Office of Environmental Affairs, represented the Department at the USUN proceedings of the International Working Group on The Declaration For the U.N. Conference on The Human Environment, January 5-12. On January 13, Mr. Herter was the banquet speaker at the American Meteorological Society's Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jay Blowers, Office of Environmental Affairs, participated in a World Dimensions Program at Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 12. Mr. Blowers conducted an open forum, discussed foreign policy and environmental isforeign policy and environmental issues with the students, held a press conference and met with public and community groups, such as World Affairs Council and the League of Women Voters. On January 18, he spoke at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Ft. McNair on "Environmental Aspects of International Waterways." J. Kenneth Mansfield, Deputy Director, Office of General Scientific Affairs, represented SCI at the Organization of American States Meeting held in Panama City, January 31 to February 4. Dr. Donald L. Fuller retired from the Foreign Service after serving as Scientific Attaché in New Delhi for the past eight years. Dr. and Mrs. Fuller are now residing in Boise, Idaho. Patrick Mulloy, formerly with the Office of Environmental Affairs, has transferred to the Office of United Nations Political Affairs in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs. Security and Barbara M. Watson, Administrator, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, addressed the Consular Course Class at the Foreign Service Institute on January 3. On January 19 Miss Watson addressed members of the Washington, D.C., Rotary Club at their luncheon meeting held at the Hotel Washington. Miss Watson also briefed Foreign Service Inspectors on consular functions abroad. 'Gene Burke, Agent-In-Charge of the Los Angeles Passport Agency, attended the Federal Personnel Management Conference held in San Francisco, December 2 and 3. Miss Burke, who is the Chairman of the Los Angeles Federal Executive Board which co-sponsored the Conference, introduced the keynote speaker, Dr. Arthur Naftalin, Professor of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. While in San Francisco, Miss Burke visited the Passport Agency there for a brief conference with Shirley Jeppson, Agent-in-Charge. Julio J. Arias has been designated Deputy Director for Visa Policies replacing John G. Gossett, who recently retired. James E. Kiley has been designated Chief, Public Services Division, replacing George A. Berkley, who has been assigned to Kingston. Wanda M. Roberts, of the Regulations and Legislation Division recently returned from TDY to USUN, New York. Clarence J. McIntosh, former Deputy Director, Office of Special Consular Services (SCS), has been assigned to Auckland, New Zealand. SCS welcomed to its staff Beatrice Berman, from INR. Nancy Gabocy has returned to college after working in SCS during her mid-semester vacation. The following Foreign Service Officers recently consulted with the Passport, Visa and Special Consular Services Offices: Margaret Fagan, Tijuana; Thomas Murphy, Beirut; Marian Tipton, Santiago; Allen Turner, London; Steve Vitale, Berlin; George Phillips, retiring after assignment in Athens; Michael Lyons, FSI to Bangkok; Richard Dunbar, to Calcutta; Larry Roeder, Tel Aviv; Frederick Chapin, Sao Paulo; Victor Abeyta, from Ciudad Juarez; and Spencer Phillips, Auckland. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Robert H. B. Wade, Assistant Director for Economic Affairs, addressed political science classes at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, January 18, on civil-military relations in arms control and disarmament. Edmund S. Finegold, of the Economic Bureau's Arms Transfer Division, attended the symposium on "Value and Knowledge Requirements for Peace" at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Philadelphia the last week of December. FSO Thelma Thurtell, formerly assigned to the Office of the Executive Director of ACDA, is now with the Office of the Executive Director of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, State. Captain Samuel Ellis, USN, completed a tour of duty in the Weapons Evaluation and Control Bureau and has retired from the Navy. FSS Virginia Hollis finished her assignment with the General. Advisory Committee Staff and resigned from the Foreign Service to continue her studies. RETIRES-James F. Leonard, right, Acting Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, presents a citation to Foreign Affairs Officer Allen W. Gullion who retired after 31 years of government service. RECIFE-Prior to their mass shave-in, hirsute staff members here gathered for a group photo with beardless hold-out Caspar D. Green, Consul General and Hickson, State-AID General Services Officer; Mr. Green; and Melvin Grossgold, Associate Director, USAID, Brazil. Seated, from left to right, are Durwood H. Peace Corps Northeast Director. Standing, left to right, are Francis R. Campbell, Program Officer, USAID; Bruce F. Porter, Economic and Commercial Officer; V. Harwood Blocker, Political Officer; David Mein, International Development Intern, USAID; and Lee Bettis, Agricultural Economist, USAID. WELCOME-Ambassador Pedersen, left, and Youth Adviser Inman, right, greet Mr. and Mrs. Battle and their son, Mark, during their visit to the Department. PEACE CORPS STAMP DESIGNER VISITS STATE The designer of a new U.S. postage stamp commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Peace Corps, David Battle, recently visited the Department with his family. During their tour of the building Mr. and Mrs. Battle and their son, Mark, met with Ambassador Richard F. Pedersen, Counselor of the Department, and Jerry L. Inman, State Department Youth Adviser. The Battles also were honored at a reception on Capitol Hill by Repre sentative Clarence J. Brown of Ohio and Joseph H. Blatchford, Director of ACTION. Mr. Battle, who is Vice President and Creative Director of Graphics for the Vie Design Studio in Yellow Springs, Ohio, created the original design for the Peace Corps stamp. Issued this month, the stamp depicts the stars of the American flag turning into peace doves. Mr. Battle is a native of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, and came to the United States in 1958. After studying art at Batley College of Art in Yorkshire, he attended the London Central School of Art, graduating with honors. 61 PERSONNEL/Foreign Service NEW APPOINTMENTS Andrews, Edmund L., Buenos Aires Kessler, David B., M.D., DG/MED/DD/CB Leslie, Patricia Ann, NEA/EX Christenson, Philip L., Vientiane to Christmas, Lawrence E., M/FSI/AOT to Claxton, Gerald L., NEA to Tel Aviv Dolezal, Edward J., Kinshasa to Bangkok Dugan, Gordon J., Guadalajara to Milan 10/UNP/SPA Elmquest, Karen J., Istanbul to Athens Glenn, James Hogan, JOC/FSI to Mexico, Graham, John R., M/FSI/LT to La Paz Halff, Albert Lee, Nassau to 10/UNP/DAA Hargrove, Gale, Bonn to Brussels Hunger, Jeanne E., Rome to EUR Hutchison, James P., Asuncion to ARA Joyce, David C., A/OC to Frankfurt Port-au-Prince Kemp, Katherine Lee, M/FSI/LT to Kenney, John H., IO/EX to Paris Lake, Kenneth A., Helsinki to Saigon Larson, Glenn A., Mogadiscio to AF Martin, John Linden, M/FSI/WC to S/S-O DG/MED/DD McMullin, Mary E., Kinshasa to Rome McSwain, Robert J., JOC/FSI to Panama City Megerian, Lillian, Amman to Saigon Meima, Ralph Chester, Jr., Dusseldorf to Meloni, Mary, Sofia to Tegucigalpa Middelberg, Marianna, Dacca to Kabul Morelli, Leonard R., Frankfurt to Bangkok Lumpur Murphy, Peter K., Milan to Paris Murray, Anne V., DG/MED to Djakarta Napoletan, Camille A., Islamabad to Brussels Nathness, Sarah Louise, Naples to Nelson, Jeanne Marie, Paris to S/PC Emergency Preparedness to Caracas Patla, Donald R., Bamako to AF Petrich, Donna J., Vienna to NEA/EX Kong Roebuck, Wilbert, Jr., Port-of-Spain to Recife Rossi, Linda R., Oslo to Nicosia Rossignoli, Mary, 10 to Rio de Janeiro Ruffin, Zelma N., A/OC to New Delhi Jerusalem Smith, Matthew D., Jr., ARA to Smoot, Mary Cynthia, JOC/FSI_to_Naples Stanger, George J., Hong Kong City to EA Thaxton, Clinton, Lisbon to S/S-EX Vago, Richard L., San Jose to ARA White, Merrill A., AID (Overseas) to Williams, Beverly Charlene, Beirut to Williams, George E., Bonn to Tokyo Zhivkovitch, Olga M., Tokyo to Genoa Zuttermeister, Franklin M., AID (Overseas) to Athens RETIREMENTS Dugan, John J., IG/AA RESIGNATIONS Amolsch, Arthur L., II, ARA/PAF PERSONNEL/Civil Service PROMOTIONS GS-16 Kwiatek, Fabian A., L/C. GS-15 Aaron, David L., ACDA; Bernstein, Alvin E., A/OPR/ST; Lizotte, Normand G., A/ALS/MD. GS-14 Berman, Beatrice, SCA/SCS; Blohm, Walter Buckman, SCA/PPT; Bowen, Dorothy Alean, ACDA; Broaddus, Carolyn E., EA/VN; Collins, Betty N., A/OPR/ASD; Cousins, Maria Marlene, PM/PA; Hall, Natalie R., A/OPR/PBR; Horsey, Sarah R., SCA/PPT; Jones, Dora Lee, DG/MED/ DD; McCabe, Dorothy N., SCA/PPT; Nelson, Pamela PM; Shepherd, Montague J., A/OPR/ST; Simpson, Mary D., A/OPR/ ADP; Throckmorton, Cheryl A., DG/MED/ FD. GS-6 Eidsness, Jan Christina, PER/CA/SAS; Flynn, Mary Anne, L/M/SCA; Gunn, Joyce SCA/PPT; Markette, Hugh F., A/OPR/ST; Snidle, Anna Marie, M/FSI; Vaughn, Bobbie June, A/OPR/ST. GS-5 Battle, Christine, A/SY/EX; Benner, Susan_D.,_A/SY/I; Faragalli, Rita M., SCA/PPT; Flynn, Maureen F., A/OPR/ADP Freeman, Yvonne W., SCA/PPT; Henry, Dorothy A., SCA/PPT; Ifill, Donna G., E/ OT/GCP; Nemcoff, Elizabeth Ann, SCA/ PT; Oocumma, Mary Elizabeth, E/ICDTRP; Proctor, Inez E., A/OPR/ADP; Snellings, Mary M., A/OPR/LS; Tyler, Carrie E., A/OPR/PBR; Tyson, Mary Ann, E/ ITP/EWT; Vaughn, Judy, E/OFP/FFD; Vaughn, Marion F., SCA/PPT; Vick, M. Christine, S/PC. GS-4 Brown, Mabel E., SCA/PPT; Burke, Patricia C., DG/PMS/PE; Henderson, Michael, A/OC/P; Jenkins, Anthony C., SCI; Nydell, Tui Ann, A/OPR/VS; Phoenix, Gloria T., DG/MED/EX; Quinn, Michael A., A/OPR/PBR; Shea, Marie T., DG/PMS/ PPM; Simms, Antonia, SCA/PPT; Smith, Rosemarie T. P., A/FBO/BDC. Ashworth, Laura C., SCA/PPT; Bolton, Charlotte A., SCA/PPT; Donahue, Lucille A., SCA/PPT; Thompson, Mable Odette, SCA/PPT. NEW APPOINTMENTS Armstrong, Agnes M., SCA/PPT Avissar, Batsheva A., M/FSI Bigelow, Jerry Wayne, EUR/EX REASSIGNMENTS Binder, Charlie M., A/OPR/PBR to Johnson, Barbara A., MC to H Rice, Vera O., A/OPR/RS to DG/EX RETIREMENTS Black, Edward, A/OPR/GS Dunbar, E. Helen, AF Taylor, John P., A/OPR/ST RESIGNATIONS Ayers, Lynell Martin, A/SY Dandy, Connie Jean, REC/EMP Roach, Barbara J., SCA/PPT Spicer, Patricia K., E/CBA/BP Webster, Catherine Michael, LWOP FSS PROMOTIONS The following Foreign Service Staff Corps personnel have been promoted: Class 9 to Class 8 Geneva H. Alofs, The Hague; Gretchen F. Bell, Abidjan; Bobbe Lee Birdnow, San Jose; Julee A. Brand, Tokyo; Judith Fischer, Brussels; Marilyn J. Goetz, Guatemala; Susan L. Harris, Bangkok; Judith M. Longsworth, La Paz; and Ruth S. Taylor, Lima. Class 10 to Class 9 Bettie J. Garcia, Quito; Beverly Ellen Hatfield, Tel Aviv; and Kathleen M. Massahos, Paris (OECD). 21 Department Employees Win Merit Pay Increases Seven Department employees were awarded high quality step increases recently. They are: Wanda L. Hall, A/BF; Florence A. Wicker, E; Paola V. Viti, SCA/ PPT; Laurel G. Caruthers, INR; Martin Packman, INR; Richard E. Curl, INR; and Eric Willenz, INR. During the same period, meritorious service increases were presented to the following 14 employees: Arthur H. Abrams, Tokyo; Florence C. Tolson, ARA; William N. Wilkes, Jr., Kingston; Thomas C. Colwell, E; Warren Clark, Jr., AF; Kenneth W. Luecke, Rome; Marion J. Henderson, AF; David M. Walker, INR; Susan M. Klingaman, INR; Sandra L. Hart, INR; Nancy E. Bateman, INR; Adolph H. Eisner, INR; David A. Palmer, INR; and V. Frances McFall, Lima. Don't live yourself into premature heart attack! ACCRA-Ambassador to Ghana Fred Hadsel picks up a few tips from golf pro Lee Elder and wife, Rose, as C&R staffer Emmet Johnson looks on. The Elders played in exhibitions and held golf clinics in Accra, Kampala and Nairobi. Mr. Elder was en route to play in the Nigeria Open in Lagos and to participate in a South African tournament at the invitation of golfer Gary Player. OSAKA-KOBE--Consul Charles W. Bass is pictured with geisha friends who assisted him in the presentation of trophies to winners of the America Cup Races at the Kyoto Race Course. The Hollywood Turf Club provided the trophies. |