F OCUS - American Foreign Service Association

AUSTIN TRACY
Scholarship Winners Honored
AFSA scholarship winners at the May 2 Foreign Affairs Day and Merit
Awards reception. Back row, from left: AFSA President John Naland,
Timothy Wong, Amb. C. Edward Dillery, Michael Haggblade. Front
row, from left: Joan Cummins, Margaret Soderholm and Shannon
Hicks.
Michael “Mickey” Haggblade
– son of Helen Gunther
(USAID, ret.) and Steven
Haggblade; graduate of
Poolesville High School in
Maryland; attending Stanford
University, majoring in engineering;
designated the
AFSA/John and Priscilla Becker
Family Scholar.
Paul VanKoughnett – son of
Hale VanKoughnett (State)
and Diane VanKoughnett,
graduate of the Seoul Foreign
School; attending Harvard
University, majoring in mathematics;
designated the
AFSA/Turner C. Cameron
Memorial Scholar.
Shannon Hicks – daughter of
Gregory Hicks (State) and
Janne Hicks; graduate of
James W. Robinson Jr.
Secondary School, Fairfax, Va.;
attending the State University
of New York at Stony Brook,
majoring in astronomy and
physics; designated the
AFSA/John C. Leary Memorial
Scholar.
Benjamin Winnick – son of
Seth Winnick (State) and
Cindy Winnick; graduate of
École Active Bilingue Jeannine
Manuel, Paris; attending the
University of Pennsylvania,
majoring in classical civilization;
designated the AFSA Academic
Merit Awards “Best Essay” winner
.
Christopher Huskey – son of
James Huskey (State) and
Joanne Huskey; graduate of
the Taipei American School;
attending Stanford University,
majoring in international relations,
international business or
political science; designated the
AFSA/Joanna and Robert Martin
Scholar.
PMA Funds
AFSA Scholarship Winner
Amb. C.
Edward
Dillery,
AFSA Committee
on Education
chairman (left),
accepts a $4,000
check for the
Financial Aid
Scholarship Fund
from Mr. Nick
Frankhouer, scholarship
chairman of
the Public Members Association of the Foreign Service, during
their May 1 luncheon.
Academic and Art Merit
Honorable-Mention Winners
Sarah Barnhart – daughter of
Jim Barnhart (USAID) and
Elizabeth Barnhart; graduate of
the American International
School of Lusaka; attending
Middlebury College.
Natalie Coley – daughter of
Theodore Coley (State) and Lea
Coley (State); graduate of the
International School of Bangkok;
attending the University
of Delaware, majoring in fashion
merchandising.
Elisabeth Hogeman – daughter
of George Hogeman (State)
and Geralyn Hogeman; graduate
of George C. Marshall High
School, Falls Church, Va.; attending
the University of Virginia,
majoring in English and
art; designated an AFSA Art
Merit Award honorable-mention
winner.
Theodore Koenig – son of John
Koenig (State) and Natalie
Koenig; graduate of Berlin
Brandenburg International
School; attending the California
Institute of Technology, majoring
in chemical engineering.
Fallon O’Dowd – daughter of
Stephen O'Dowd (State) and
Rhonda Brown (State); graduate
of Walworth Barbour
American International School,
Jerusalem, Israel; attending
Harvard University, majoring in
government or international
relations.
Lauren Simpkins – daughter of
Diana Valderrama (State) and
Leroy Simpkins (State, ret.);
graduate of Oakton High
School, Vienna, Va.; attending
the University of Virginia,
majoring in chemistry.
Margaret Soderholm – daughter
of Elizabeth Soderholm
(State) and Carlton Soderholm;
graduate of Washington-Lee
High School, Arlington, Va.;
attending Carnegie Mellon
University, majoring in chemical
engineering; designated the
AFSA Academic Merit Community
Service Award Winner.
Timothy Wong – son of
Terrence Wong (State) and
Kristine Wong; graduate of
James W. Robinson Jr.
Secondary School, Fairfax, Va.;
attending Illinois Institute of
Technology, majoring in architecture.
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