In Memoriam
FrontLines - December-January 2009-10
Thomas Hilton Armor, 66, died
Aug. 17 in Prescott, Ariz. Armor
worked in management and organizational
development, providing
consulting services to private and
public organizations in more than
100 countries. Beginning in 1990,
Armor consulted for USAID on
international aid projects in developing
countries including
Afghanistan, Angola, Ghana,
Guatemala, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan,
Senegal, Uganda, and
Ukraine. Two days before he
died, Armor returned to the
United States from Kabul, where
he had been leading management
workshops for USAID staff.
Armor graduated from UCLA
with a PhD in management.
Dennis P. Bilodeau, 61, died Nov.
14 in Bamako, Mali. Bilodeau
was USAID’s governance and
communications team leader in
Mali, where he lived and worked
for the past 25 years. Bilodeau’s
first overseas experience was as a
Peace Corps Volunteer in Ivory
Coast from 1971 to 1975. Under
Bilodeau’s leadership, Malians
gained access to information
through community radio and the
Internet. Bilodeau graduated from
the University of Southern Maine
at Lewiston in 1970 with a bachelor’s
degree in physics and
mathematics.
Mary Ann Epley, 72, died Oct.
19 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Epley
served as a Foreign Service Officer
with USAID for 30 years. Her posts included Washington, Vietnam,
Ecuador, Ivory Coast, El
Salvador, Costa Rica, Mali,
Yemen, and Zambia. Epley, who
retired in 1997, graduated from
Seattle University, Washington,
with a degree in sociology.
Joann Feldman Lawrence, 56,
died Sept. 7 in Rockville, Md.
Lawrence was a longtime USAID
employee who worked as deputy
director in the Office of South
American Affairs, part of the
Bureau for Latin America and the
Caribbean.
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