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PMA Funds
AFSA Scholarship Winner
Mr. Nick Frankhouser (center), treasurer of the Public Members Association of the Foreign Service, presents PMA’s $3,200 scholarship check to Deborah Odell
(right), State Representative on the AFSA Committee on
Education, at PMA’s annual luncheon on April 30. Cheryl Tyler
(left) is the niece of Ersa Poston, in whose memory the 2009-2010
PMA Financial Aid Scholarship will be awarded this fall.
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Scholarship Winners Honored
AFSA student merit award winners at the Foreign Affairs Day merit awards
reception, AFSA headquarters, May 1. Back row (left to right): Amb. C.
Edward Dillery, Chairman of AFSA Committee on Education; Adam Scott,
Zachary Charles, Joshua Downes, Arjun Dheer, Christopher Wilson, Joseph
Kenny and AFSA President John Naland. Front row (left to right): Stephanie
Hunt, Rachel Midura, Megan Tribble, Torrin Marquardt, Katherine Neitzke
and Anna Leah Berstein-Simpson.
Neil Fennerty – son of John
Fennerty (State) and Heather
Fennerty (State); graduate of
the American Embassy
School, New Delhi; attending
the College of William and
Mary, majoring in history or
business.
Eleanor Freund – daughter
of James Freund (State) and
Karen Gladding; graduate of
the American International
School of Vienna; attending
the University of California-Santa Barbara, majoring in
political science or economics.
Stephanie Hunt – daughter
of Baxter Hunt (State) and
Deborah Derrick; graduate
of Yorktown High School,
Arlington, Va.; attending
Davidson College, majoring
in pre-medicine.
Art Merit Award
Winner
Rachel Midura – see photo and
listing under Academic Merit Award
Winners. Rachel won the Art Merit
Award for her creative writing
(short story and novel excerpt)
submissions.
Art Merit Honorable-
Mention Award
Winners
Joseph Kenny – son of Joseph
Kenny, Jr. (State) and Sharon
Kenny; graduate of Georgetown
Preparatory School, North Bethesda,
Md.; attending Catholic University,
majoring in architecture. Joseph
also won for his visual arts submis-
sions (paintings).
Michael Crawford – son of Paul
Crawford (USAID) and Susan
Crawford; graduate of W. T.
Woodson High School, Fairfax, Va.;
attending the University of Mary
Washington, majoring in psycholo-
gy and political science.
Elizabeth Huffaker – daughter of
Thomas Huffaker (State) and Claire
Huffaker (USIA); graduate of
Webber Academy, Calgary, Alberta;
attending Rice University, majoring
in biology.
David Lee – son of Jin Lee (State)
and Chris Lee; graduate of Shanghai
American School Pudong New Area;
attending Haverford College, major-
ing in biology and literature studies.
Caroline Perkinson – daughter of
Jeff Perkinson (State) and Laurel
Perkinson; graduate of Academic
Magnet High School, Charleston,
S.C.; attending Wake Forest
University (has not declared a
major).
Academic Merit Honorable Mention Award
Winners
Brendan Pierce – son of Theodore
Pierce (State) and Salote Pierce
(State); graduate of St. Andrew’s
College, Dublin, Ireland; attending
Macalester College, majoring in envi-
ronmental studies.
Aaron Price – son of Lonnie Price
(State) and Barbara Price; graduate
of Cairo American College; attending
the University of Virginia, majoring
in business administration.
Academic Merit
Community Service
Award Winner
Kathryn Shull – daughter of Philip
Shull (FAS) and Jill Shull; graduate
of Hong Kong International School;
attending the College of Wooster in
Ohio, majoring in international rela-
tions.
Megan Tribble – daughter
of Conrad Tribble (State)
and Mary Woods; graduate
of Lake Braddock High
School, Burke, Va.; attending
Fordham University, majoring
in history and international
relations.
Christopher Wilson –
son of Ross Wilson (State)
and Marguerite Squire
(State); graduate of
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
School, Bethesda, Md.;
attending the Masschusetts
Institute for Technology,
majoring in physics; designated the AFSA/Turner C.
Cameron Memorial Scholar.
Kirsten Salpini – daughter of Dean
Salpini (USAID) and Joy Salpini
(State); graduate of W. T. Woodson
High School, Fairfax, Va.; attending
Shenandoah University, majoring in
music theater. Kirsten won for her
creative writing submissions (poem
and short story).
Academic Merit Best
Essay Award Winner
Sybil Bullock – daughter of James
Bullock (State) and Carole Hoeveler-
Bullock; graduate of the American
School of Paris, St. Cloud, France;
attending the American University
of Cairo, majoring in Arabic. (Turn
the page to read Sybil’s essay.)
