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Catherine E. "Kitty" Allen

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Catherine E. "Kitty" Allen, 60, a retired Foreign Service officer, died Sept. 13 in Newark, Del. Ms. Allen, an Arlington, Va., resident, joined the Foreign Service in 1972. Among her postings were Bangkok, Santiago, N'Djamena, Prague, Frankfurt and Brussels.


William E. Crottyobit2


William E. Crotty, 68, U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; Grenada; St. Kitts-Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines, died Oct. 10 of pneumonia in Gainesville, Fla. Before his appointment, Mr. Crotty was an attorney in Daytona Beach, Fla.


Clara M. Davisobit3


Clara M. Davis, 54, an intelligence operations assistant in the executive office of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, died suddenly at her home in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 20 after leaving work. Ms. Davis began her Civil Service career in 1969 with the Department's Passport Office. She was reassigned in 1972 to INR, where she remained for the rest of her career.

Gary D. Dietrich


Gary D. Dietrich, 52, a member of the Senior Executive Service and executive director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, died Oct. 25 in Washington, D.C. , of brain lymphoma. Mr. Dietrich previously served as chief of the retirement division in the Bureau of Personnel. He joined the State Department in 1980 as a researcher in the office of analysis for the Near East and South Asia in INR. Before coming to State, he worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency and served in the Army during the Vietnam War.


Mary Janice Otto Fleck


Mary Janice Otto Fleck, 50, a senior Foreign Service officer, died Oct. 1 of cancer in Fairfax, Va. Mrs. Fleck, who joined the Foreign Service in 1985, specialized in economics and at the time of her death was an instructor in international economics and commerce at the National War College. During her State career, she was posted in the Ivory Coast, Malaysia and Venezuela. In 1997, she received the Herbert Salzman Award for Excellence in International Economics for her work on a trade treaty with Malaysia.


Robert Slade Folsom

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Robert Slade Folsom, 84, a retired Foreign Service officer, died Sept. 6 in Naples, Fla. He joined the Foreign Service in 1941 and served in Port-au-Prince, Budapest, Canton, Hong Kong, Saigon, Mexico City, Thessaloniki and Washington, D.C. He retired in 1971.


Nicacio Mendoza

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Nicacio Mendoza, 66, a retired State communications officer, died of cancer Aug. 2 at his home in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Mr. Mendoza was retired from both State and the U.S. Air Force.


Daniel Oliver Newberry

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Daniel Oliver Newberry, 77, died of cancer Oct. 10 in Washington, D.C. As a Foreign Service officer from 1949 to 1985, he spent four tours in Turkey. He was consul general in Istanbul from 1981 to 1985, when he retired. His other posts included Israel, Laos, Iran, Morocco and Bangladesh. He also served as head of State's Office of Cultural Affairs and as a public affairs officer with the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In retirement, he wrote and lectured on foreign policy and chaired the editorial board of the Foreign Service Journal.


Betty Anne Waldin


Betty Anne Waldin, 77, a retired Foreign Service officer, died Sept. 11 at her home in Bradenton, Fla. During her Foreign Service career, Ms. Waldin served in Baghdad, Santiago, Moscow, Budapest, Mexico City, Wellington and Tel Aviv.

   

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