Graduated from Stanford in 1971, studied
Japanese at Waseda University in Tokyo 1973-75,
married Elizabeth Sutton in August 1974,
appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the U.S.
Foreign Service in 1978, moved to Stuttgart,
Germany for my first overseas tour of duty. My
dad died in 1978, my daughter Anna was born in
1978. We moved to Tokyo in 1980. My daughter
Rebecca was born that year at the Sanno
Hospital in Akasaka, Tokyo. I served U.S.
Ambassador Mike Mansfield in Tokyo, there from
1980-85. My son, David, was born in 1983. I
moved with my family to Kensington, Maryland,
in 1985, and worked at the Japan Desk of the
U.S. Department of Commerce until 1988. My mom died
in 1988. We
moved to Osaka in 1988 and lived there until
1990, when we returned to Kensington. From
1990-93, I worked with our Embassies in Africa,
the Near East, and South Asia. From 1993-98, I
was in New Delhi, India; from 1998-99, I was in Tel
Aviv, Israel. My daughter Anna, age 26, graduated
from
M.I.T. in June 2000, now works in Dallas; my daughter
Rebecca, age 24, now works in Boston;
my son David, age 21, is a senior at
Stanford University. My wife
teaches at the Bullis
School in Potomac. My sister, Marilyn [Awalt '68],
still lives in Mountain View.
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I retired from the U.S. Foreign Service on Dec. 31,
1999, and am enjoying a quantity of leisure time for
my family and for me.
I've signed up for photography, television and
Internet
courses at
our local community college. I have sold my photos to
the National Building Museum and donated work to the
Smithsonian's 2001 Folklife Festival.
I've started teaching in Montgomery County Public
Schools and in Fairfax County Public Schools. I hope
to finish courses leading to a Master's
degree in Education from George Washington University
in 2005.