THE 1818 SOCIETY

BULLETIN Volume 2, Issue 18

AUGUST 2008

The 30th Annual Meeting of The 1818 Society will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The business meeting will convene promptly at 3:30 p.m. in the J Auditorium, room JB1-080, in the basement of the J Building, 701 18th Street, NW. After the meeting there will be a reception from 6:15 to 7 p.m., followed by a buffet dinner from 7 to 9 p.m. in the 12th floor gallery of the Main Complex. Further information will be mailed later.

From The 1818 Society President’s Desk Dear Members: At the top, you will see information on the Thirtieth Annual Meeting and the traditional Annual Dinner. Please note the date and time on your calendar. We hope to see a big membership turnout for these events. The Thirtieth Anniversary publication is moving ahead, thanks to Tom Blinkhorn. We have had good response in the form of reminiscences, vignettes, short stories and photographs from several members and the publication promises to balance an optimal dose of nostalgia with a lot of fun. Your Board discussed the business issues relating to this publication at its last

meeting, with Zafar Ahmed in the lead. The game-plan emerging is somewhat like this. The publication, to be released in October, will be in the form of an EBOOK that will be accessible through our 1818 Society Website. Once this electronic publication is released, we expect that it will stimulate additional contributions in the form of photos as well as written pieces. We would thereafter proceed with the publication of a paper-version, perhaps as a table top book. It is good to note that our Chapters are vibrant. You will find details of forthcoming activities elsewhere in this Bulletin. We hope that a sizeable number of you can make it to these events, which promise to be most enjoyable. What can be better than renewing social contacts with erstwhile colleagues? Indeed, one of the main purposes of the Society is to promote such contacts among its members. At the last Board meeting, it was decided to reactivate the Friends-in-Need activity. Frona Hall is leading this effort. If you have any suggestions on how to organize social events at a local (or perhaps Zip-code) level, please email Frona, who is actively seeking volunteers. Our summer lunch on July 2, 2008 with Katherine Marshal as speaker turned out to be a popular event. Our members not only listened to a thought-provoking talk, but also took part in a lively discussion on the connections between faith, religion and development. Turning to

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forthcoming events, Kabir Ahmed is organizing a meeting with Bank Insurance staff and AETNA officials in late September/early October to discuss health insurance problems relating to 1818 Society members. Under the Retired and Active Living Initiative, Sandra Hadler is working hard to organize an “Ageing in Place” event in the Bank J Building Auditorium on Novembers 20, 2008. It promises to be very relevant to the future of many of us and we hope members will turn out in large numbers to benefit from this event. Our nine member Board has been an outstanding group that has worked cohesively with a strong commitment to The 1818 Society’s goals. While continuity is important, some new blood is also healthy. A nominating committee, chaired by Daniel Ritchie, is now inviting nominations for the forthcoming vacancies. Elsewhere in this Bulletin, there is an appeal for “workhorses” to volunteer. Your suggestions would be most welcome on who would make our Board better represent its membership and be more efficient in the delivery of its responsibilities. Finally, our renovated office is now functioning and we look forward to a visit by you whenever you next visit the Bank. Please remember that this is your “home” within the Bank. With warm regards Shiva (J Shivakumar)

August 2008

CALENDAR OF EVENTS ANZ CHAPTER The second meeting of the Australia & New Zealand Chapter took place in Melbourne on Sunday, May 11, 2008. Sixteen people attended (there are about 20 alumni in Victoria). In addition to alumni living in the state of Victoria, colleagues from the states of Queensland and New South Wales, and Ken Piddington from New Zealand also attended. It was also pleasing that Nigel Roberts, Country Director, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands, participated and addressed the meeting. Experience with taxation of the Bank’s pension in Australia, the health insurance quandary and the value of the pension with changing exchange rates were some of the issues discussed at the meeting. The meeting was preceded by pleasantries and followed by a lunch. Alumni in New Zealand have started to exchange ideas on common interests. One of these is, as in Australia, the taxation of the Bank’s pension. Dialogue is also taking place regarding a possible meeting of the ANZ Chapter in New Zealand in 2009. Consideration is also being given to a meeting in Brisbane/Gold Coast in 2009. During the Melbourne meeting, Prue Hill and Ann Dotson discussed the possibility of spouses and partners networking for continuing mutual support, including the often difficult adjustments required by “re-entry” into Australia and New Zealand after retirement from the Bank. They would welcome ideas and participation in this endeavour. Prue can be reached at [email protected]. The Chapter is grateful to Alexander Keyserlingk for his help in keeping the website of the ANZ Chapter up to date. The address is: http://anz1818.00freehost.com. Third Meeting of the ANZ Chapter: Dates: Place:

October, or early November, 2008 Sydney

The above dates were suggested to avoid the Silly Season in Australia. Suggestions and offers to work as volunteers can be sent to Jo Martins. His e-mail address is [email protected]; his postal address: 103 Cabarita Rd, Avalon Beach NSW 2107 Australia and his telephone number 61+2+99733022.

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2008 Winter Reunion and Luncheon: Date: Saturday November 29, 2008 Place: Thistle Hotel, Euston, London Please note change of venue. Details will be circulated in September. All 1818 Society members are welcome. For further information, please contact Andrew Spurling (Tel. 0118-942-7310; e-mail: [email protected]). Spring Reunion and 21st Annual Meeting: Dates: May, 8-10, 2009 Place: Lansdowne Hotel, Eastbourne, East Sussex. Please note that this meeting takes place earlier in May than usual. The hotel is on the Promenade and within walking distance of two theatres. A Saturday coach trip will include Beachy Head, the village of Alfriston and Batemans, the home of Rudyard Kipling. Details will be circulated in February 2009. All 1818 Society members are welcome. For further information, please contact Andrew Spurling (Tel. 0118-942-7310; e-mail: [email protected]).

CHILEAN CHAPTER. The Chilean Chapter met on July 15 with Ian Johnson from the UK, to discuss global energy and environmental issues, and their implications on Chile, including its entry to OECD. The meeting took place at the Club de la Unión, and was also an opportunity to view a CD ROM of the 1818 Society Meeting with the Bank’s President. For information about other activities of the Chilean Chapter, please contact Miguel Schloss ([email protected]), or Silvia Lay de Schloss ([email protected]) tel. 56-2-458-6050. .

DUTCH CHAPTER. Ninth Dutch Reunion: Dates: Friday, Sept. 12, and Sat. Sept. 13, 2008 Place: Hotel ‘t Paviljoen, Rhenen For early arrivals, there is a menu of choices for early Friday morning: Bicycling; nature walks, militairy history, zoo. The official program starts late Friday morning with coffee and lunch, followed by a city tour and a boat trip on the Rhine and a visit to the Wageningen Agricultural University. The annual dinner is in the evening. On Saturday morning, the group will depart for Wageningen where again there is a menu of activities. The annual meting of the chapter,

August 2008 followed by lunch, will take place in Hotel de Wereld where the armistice was signed. To participate please do the following: First, register ASAP with the hotel: Hotel ‘t Paviljoen: tel: 00 31 317 619003; email: [email protected]. The basic arrangement with the hotel, for the reunion, is that participants arrive on Friday. At a cost of Euro 160 per person, this includes coffee, lunch, parking, dinner with wine and breakfast. Those arriving on Thursday night must add Euro 130 for a double room, 110 for a single. Second, register with the organizers: Jan Bouwhuis and Jan Weijenberg: [email protected]; [email protected]. Third, you must pay Euro 50 per person for overheads, including guides, lunch on the second day etc. The organizers do have a bank account but the cost of international money transfers is outrageous, so please pay the treasurer on arrival. Tenth Dutch Reunion: Dates: September, 2009. Place: Noordwijk For this tenth anniversary of the Dutch Chapter of The 1818 Society, the group will return to where it all started: het Zuiderbad in Noordwijk. For more information contact Robert-Jan van der Lugt [email protected]

FRENCH-SPEAKING CHAPTER Fall Outing: Dates: October 3-5 2008 Place: TBD For further information, please contact Olivier Lafourcade (e-mail:[email protected]).

GERMAN-SPEAKING CHAPTER [Editor’s Note: Due to electronic transmission difficulties, this informative piece is unfortunately several months out-of-date]. Erika Wagenhöfer reports that sixty-one members of the German-Speaking Chapter with their spouses or partners gathered in September 2007 at Lake Constance (“Bodensee”), Germany’s largest lake. Its mild climate, historical and cultural sites and beautiful towns and villages, make it an attractive tourist destination. A beautiful hotel overlooking Überlingen, the richest town in the region, hosted the meeting. Across the lake, the high Swiss mountains formed a magnificent backdrop. In the early hours of Saturday, some participants visited Überlingen’s City Hall to admire its 14th century wood carvings. The official Saturday morning program started with a challenging

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lecture. Mr. Bueb, who had been the principal of the nearby boarding school of Salem for the past thirty years, delivered the lecture. He explained that the school’s guiding principle is “learning by doing”, which the student-body of 700 does in small groups. The school’s primary aim is to foster a sense of life-long responsibility, based on respect for discipline. A spirited discussion followed Mr. Bueb’s lecture, after which Mr. von Samson thanked the presenter on behalf of the group. Many participants also accepted Mr. Bueb’s offer of a guided tour of the school on Monday morning, after the official conclusion of the reunion. The annual meeting followed the Saturdaymorning lecture. Topics included the Chapter’s decision to discontinue its website, a wait-and-see attitude regarding future taxation of World Bank pensions and the number of newcomers to The 1818 Society. Participants learned with regret that Mrs. Adrienne. Nassau was not seeking re-election to the presidency of the Society. Mr. von Samson also noted that, in May 2007, the German Chapter had sent a letter to the Society expressing criticism of Mr. Wolfowitz’s leadership of the World Bank. The coordinators of the next meeting, Hasso and Birgit Molineus, explained the details of the forthcoming event in Potsdam. The meeting also agreed to meet in Cologne in 2009. Finally, all current members of the Chapter’s Committee were re-elected for a one-year period. On Saturday afternoon the group visited Mainau, an island owned by Count Bernadotte’s family. The Count gave an overview of the history and economy of the island, which has many beautiful parks and flower displays. On the return trip, the group passed the ancient buildings on stilts in the lake. This archaeological site dates to the Bronze Age, and is over 5,000 years old. A magnificent dinner concluded the day. On Sunday morning the group visited Constance, a city founded in the second century B.C. It hosted the “Council of Constance”, the most important assembly in the late Middle Ages (1414 – 1418). On Sunday afternoon Andriana and Helmar Ochs and Birgit and Diethard Hubatsch took the participants to a wine-tasting event in Hagnau where the region’s young “Wine Queen“, presented a selection of great Bodensee wines. The group thanks Andriana and Helmar Ochs for organising such a perfect weekend at Lake Constance – sunny weather included. Fall 2008 Reunion: Date: First weekend in September, 2008 Place: Potsdam.

August 2008 For further information, contact Hasso or Birgit Molineus at: [email protected], or Dieter von Samson; at: [email protected]. Fall 2009 Reunion: Date: Fall, 2009 Place: Cologne. For further information, please contact Dieter von Samson at: [email protected].

JAPAN CHAPTER The Japan Chapter held its 2nd annual meeting at Akebono-kaikan of Japan Bank of International Forty-five Cooperation on June 14th, 2008. members attended. The meeting reviewed the main events of the past year and discussed and approved upcoming events for 2008. A summary of these activities is provided below, while a more detailed report will be published in the upcoming Newsletter (Japanese version). The Japan Chapter supported an “International Collaboration Career Fair 2007”, which the International Development Journal of Japan organized on November 10, 2007. The Chapter sent three members to the fair: Mr. Harutaka Hamaguchi, Ms.Hiromi Nakano and Ms. Yuriko Sakairi from the Japan Chapter and the World Bank Tokyo office. Close to 800 participants with interest in career opportunities in the field of international cooperation and development attended. The Chapter conducted two member surveys during 2007. First was the question of Bank policies regarding pension payments in various currencies. The topic had originally been raised by the Chile Chapter and the survey results were therefore shared with the Chile Chapter. The second survey explored the sharing of personal data. Survey results indicated that, initially, only the name and email address of Chapter members would be made available on the Chapter’s web site. There have been changes in Directors’ tasks. Mr. Yoshiaki Abe was appointed as new president. Mr. Masayoshi Takahashi, the former president, was appointed as the director in charge of a newly approved activity: RALC’s Japan Branch. Mr. Masaaki Amma was a new nominee as director for organizing the Annual Meeting and as a focal point for members in the western regions of Japan. Financial reports, including the 2007 account summary and the 2008 budget proposal, were approved. Proposals for the 2008 activities including legal guardian system support for the elderly were also approved. At the end of the annual meeting, the new president, Mr. Yoshiaki

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Abe, stated that he would make the Chapter more joyful and meaningful under his leadership. The English-language version of the Japan Chapter’s Web Home page can now be found at http://www.geocities.jp/societyjapan/. For further information and/or details, the contact address in Japan is: Mr.Harutaka Hamaguchi (Director of the Japan Chapter), E-mail: [email protected] or Mr. Yoshiaki Abe, e-mail [email protected]. For the Washington area, the persons to contact for information is Mr. Kunio Kikuchi ([email protected] ).

FLORIDA CHAPTER Spring Reunion: Date: Place:

February 2009 Palm Beach.

The reunion is open to all! Check the website for details. Note that the reunion will be during “the Season” when hotels fill up fast! Bookings should be made about four months ahead to ensure room availability at any of the hotels. If you are thinking of coming, make hotel reservations early to lock in a good rate. For February 2009, the Fairfield Inn in Palm Beach offers rooms for seniors for $186.00 (including breakfast). You may want to check out the website. The hotel is about an 8 minute leisurely drive from downtown Palm Beach (5 miles) along the scenic Ocean Boulevard (A1A) that allows you to see the ocean, Lake Worth and all the mega mansions in between, including Mara-Lago! The hotel is on the Intracoastal Waterway across the street from the ocean. It offers free parking and free wireless internet. http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/pbifffairfield-inn-and-suites-palm-beach/. If you make the reservation now, your credit card will not be charged until you check out. To cancel, you have to do it 72 hours prior to arrival. For information about this or other events, please contact Karin Nordlander by email ([email protected]) or by phone (561-4479499). You can access the Chapter's website through the 1818 Society website www.worldbank.org/1818, or directly at http://1818florida.googlepages.com.

ENERGY SECTOR GROUP For information about activities of the Energy Sector Group, please contact Huda Kraske ([email protected]), Mike Gillette

August 2008 ([email protected]), Akin Oduolowu ([email protected]) or Eugene McCarthy ([email protected]).

WATER SECTOR GROUP Mr. Stavros Papadopulos was the guest-speaker at the Water Sector Group’s luncheon meeting on May 21, 2008. The title of his presentation was “Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater: A Technical and Public Policy Dilemma”. While very technical in several respects the topic drew interest from all attendees. This was also the first time that our group had called on a speaker who was neither a Bank retiree nor Bank staff. As is now customary the speaker has left a copy of his presentation which can be viewed on the 1818 Web site (www.worldbank.org/1818), under “Sectors” and “Water Sector”, where this is item number 11. During the ongoing summer recess, the Coordinating Committee intends to circulate a questionnaire/survey to all the members of the Water Group, to assess which topics should be covered during our next 2008/09. A priori, topics such as a) Corruption in the case of water/urban projects, b) Food sufficiency in the World and Irrigation, c) Update on the Water Program managed by the Central Department, etc. have been identified as those of greatest interest. The committee also looks forward to additional suggestions from the Group to assist in the selection of next year’s topics. With the significant increase of prices imposed by the Dining-room sub-contractor for the use of the facilities, the Coordinating Committee is looking at alternatives for convening the meetings. We have used the Bank’s Dining rooms since our creation some six years ago and the Committee appreciates that most members come to the meetings both to view the presentation and to meet and exchange with erstwhile colleagues before the presentation. Therefore a site near or within Bank premises should be retained. Those interested in receiving information about the Group’s activities should contact Richard MacEwen ([email protected], tel: 1-703734-0367), who will incorporate their names into the email distribution list. The Organizing Committee includes: Alain Locussol, Edouard Motte, Carlo Rietveld, and Dick MacEwen.

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New Members We warmly welcome the following Bank retirees/alumni to The 1818 Society: Ernest Ako-Adjei Emmanuel Akpa Christine Allison Cecilia M. Balchun Terrice Bassler Mohamed Noureddine Benali Sarah Young Carmichael Chiraporn Chotikabukkana John D. Clark Magdalena B. DeJesus Usaid El-Hanbali Fatma Felah Stanley Greig Jan G. Janssens Hans Dirk Koehler Patricia M. Lee Leonard K. Mseka Deepa Narayan Vicente B. Paqueo Pamela B. Price Olivier P. Roche Gabrielle M. Rooz Jose R. Simas Corazon A. Solomon Zhicheng Li Swift Trinidad Tabasondra Stephan Von Klaudy Dayananda Weerakkody Kathleen Whitelocke Irene S. Xenakis Yang-Ro Yoon Tom Zearley

August 2008 of old LP vinyl records of varying physical quality, which you no longer play. When I set out to upgrade my soundsystem earlier this year, I originally planned to use only radio and CDs. My turntable had been out of commission for years and I had not seen one in an electronics shop for a long time. But much to my surprise, the upscale audioshop that I consulted on the purchase and installation of audio-components told me that turntables are now very much in vogue. There are several tricks to reducing the common problems of stuck needles, electronic interference and surface noise. Start by using a level when installing the turntable. This reduces the chance of stuck needles and “skating”. Electronic interference on my turntable is reduced to zero because there is not a single electrical component on the table. The turning motion comes from a motor that is physically separated from the turntable which it turns via a thin rubber belt. But the most important part is simply to clean the records. I use a special kit (found on the Internet), consisting of a spray-bottle of isopropyl alcohol, a stiffbristle brush to loosen the grime, and a lint-free cloth to remove the alcoholsoaked dirt. I now enjoy listening to many records that I earlier thought were hopelessly damaged. Please note that I plan to send the next two issues of the Bulletin to the print shop on Thursday, September 18, 2008 and Thursday November 13, 2008.

News and Notices From the Editor. If you like to listen to recorded music of good sound-quality, chances are that you have a library of CDs and audio-tapes. But like I, you may also have a collection

Wanted: Talented Workhorses The Annual Meeting of the 1818 Society is scheduled to take place on October 22, 2008. Selection of new officers is one of the important topics on the agenda.

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Right now the Society’s Nominations committee is seeking talented individuals who are interested in joining the ranks of Directors. You should be prepared to roll up your sleeves to take on some of the many tasks that the Society carries out. If you would like to give it a try, please contact members of the Nominations Committee, Dan Rithchie ([email protected]), or Tom Tsui ([email protected]), or the Society’s liaison with the Nominations Committee, Uma Lele ([email protected]). If you would prefer not to be considered for a directorship, but would like to actively participate as a volunteer in one of the many acitivities of the Society, you may wish to contact any one of the Directors/Officers listed in the resposibility matrix on next page. The 1818 Society’s Website/Blog Much of the information in the Bulletin can be found in more detail on www.worldbank.org/1818, the Society’s official website. You can also share your views and experiences on any topic at the Society’s Blog. The Blog is at www.1818society.wordpress.com and can be accessed from the Society’s website. World Bank Directory now Available The 1818 Society has received a small number of World Bank Directories. If you would like a directory, one can be obtained from the office of The 1818 Society on a first-come-first-served basis. Unfortunately, The 1818 Society does not have any provision in its budget to post World Bank Directories on its website.

August 2008 World Bank Group Alumni Association The 1818 Society Postal Address: P.O. Box 27388 Washington DC 20038-7388 Telephone: (202) 458-1956 Fax: (202) 522-2417 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.worldbank.org/1818 Board members - 2008 Carlos Escudero, Frona Hall, Alexander Keyserlingk, Kunio Kikuchi, Uma Lele, Jean-Yves Maillat, J. (Shiva) Shivakumar (Chairman ), Khalid Siraj, Charles Ziegler, Adrienne Nassau (Honorary Member). Officers & Staff - 2008 J. (Shiva) Shivakumar - President. (E-mail: [email protected]) Catherine Fogle - Vice President Jeffrey Katz - Treasurer Carolyn Gochenour - Assistant Treasurer Adrienne Nassau - Secretary Joan Bartlett – Society, Office Manager

Retiree Representatives on BG Committees Stephen Eccles - Pension Finance Ricardo Halperin - Alternate, Pension Finance A. Keyserlingk, - Pension Benefits Jean-Yves Maillat - Alternate - Pension Benefits Publications: Bulletin - Sverrir Sigurdsson – Editor (e-mail: [email protected]), Anniversary Publication – Tom Blinkhorn – Editor (e-mail: [email protected]); Zafar Ahmed – [email protected] Chapter Contacts: ANZ – Jo M. Martins; e-mail [email protected] Chile - Miguel or Silvia Schloss; e-mail [email protected] France - Olivier Lafourcade; e-mail: [email protected] Germany - Dieter von Samson ; e-mail: [email protected]; (Tel. 49-2241-396766) The Netherlands - Robert Jan van der Lugt (e-mail: [email protected]; Tel. 31-71-3613860.fax: 31-71-3612345). Japan – Yoshiaki Abe (e-mail: [email protected]) United Kingdom – Mick Nightingale (e-mail: [email protected]; tel. 44.1789.840 418) Florida – Karin Nordlander (e-mail: [email protected]).

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1818 Society Responsibility Matrix If you have suggestions or concerns about Society operations, please send them directly to the responsible Director/Officer in the matrix below, with a copy to [email protected].

Director/Officer

Task

Adrienne Nassau – [email protected]

Alumni Resources, Speakers Bureau. Database Management, Office Equipment, Website. Volunteer Coordination, Washington Area Events. Annual Meeting, Archives & Bank History, Publications.

Alexander Keyserlingk – [email protected]

Catherine Fogle – [email protected] Chuck Ziegler – [email protected] Kabir Ahmed – [email protected]

Health and Life Insurance.

Frona Hall – [email protected]

Friends in Need/Member Outreach, RALC, WBFN.

Jean-Yves Maillat – [email protected]

International Organizations, Membership Issues.

Jeffrey Katz – [email protected]

Financial Policies of The 1818 Society.

Khalid Siraj – [email protected] Carlos Escudero – [email protected]

Pension Finance & Administration Tax Issues

Uma Lele – [email protected]

Credit Union Liaison, Discounts and Privileges. Nominating Committee liaison.

Tom Blinkhorn – [email protected] Zafar Ahmed – [email protected]

Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration Publication

Sverrir Sigurdsson – [email protected]

The 1818 Society Bulletin

Kunio D. Kikuchi – [email protected]

1818 Society Alumni News To encourage the generation of news about World Bank alumni, the 1818 Society website has an item called “Alumni News”. On this site we hope to report short news items about the activities of former colleagues. We need your input to keep it up to date and lively. Please send items you deem newsworthy to: Alex Keyserlingk ([email protected]), or to The 1818 Society Bulletin editor, ([email protected]) with a copy to [email protected]. President Zoellick’s Message You can find a copy of World Bank President Robert Zoellick’s end-of-theyear message to all staff on the Society’s website. Proposed RALC Event. RALC is planning an event in November 2008, focussing on “Ageing in Place”. Any 1818 Society members who are participating in an Ageing in Place program or who know of programs that could be of use to members, or would like to suggest a participant for a panel discussion at this event, are kindly requested to contact Sandra Hadler by email at [email protected]. Please mark your e-mail: “for the attention of RALC”. Abuse of 1818 Society Computers. Non-members have recently been misusing The 1818 Society computers. To prevent such security breaches, the Society now requires members to show their World Bank identity cards to verify their membership before they use the office computer. Also, the office will hereafter be open only when it is manned

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by Jo Bartlett, the offices manager, or a designated volunteer. The Society regrets the inconvenience and is sure that members will appreciate that this arrangement serves the common interest.

Artists’ & Writers’ Corner Steve Berkman Publishes Fellow retiree, Steve Berkman, recently published a book about his experiences in Africa working with the Bank. The title of the book is: “The World Bank and the Gods of Lending” (Kumarian Press, 320p,

US$24.95). The book may be seen and purchased at the website of the publisher, www.kpbooks.com. Although highly critical of the Bank’s lending operations, the author wrote the book in the hope that, by examining the realities on the ground, the Bank will be able to manage its portfolio more effectively in the future. The book deals extensively with the corruption issue as the author witnessed it in his work for the Bank from 1983 through 2002. The book also proposes ways to improve the Bank’s anticorruption program

IN MEMORIAM

We regret to inform you of the deaths of the following, to whose families we extend our sincere sympathy: Jean C. Andrews, 78, of Wilmington, Delaware, on May 30, 2008, spouse of retiree Peter G. Andrews. Anna Anezin, 81, of Burke, Virginia, on May 17, 2008, surviving spouse of retiree Jean Paul Anezin. Ali Bourhane, 62, of Tunis, Tunisia, on June 3, 2008. Mr. Bourhane retired from the Bank in 1998. Frederick M. Chakour, 86, of Scottsdale, Arizona, on June 7, 2008, surviving spouse of Maria Luisa P. Chakour. Janine Coury, 65, of Beirut, Lebanon, on June 28, 2008. Ms. Coury retired from the Bank in 2000. Michael Cunnane, 57, of Rockville, Maryland, on June 25, 2008. Mr. Cunnane retired from the Bank in 2003.

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Joanna Curtin, 90, of Alexandria, Virginia, on July 9, 2008, surviving spouse of William F. Curtin. Trevor E. B. Dacosta, 78, of Washington DC, on June 2, 2008. Mr. Dacosta retired from the Bank in 1972. Eunice E. Deister, 86, of Alexandria, Virginia, on June 10, 2008. Ms. Deister retired from the Bank in 1980. Jose Dominguez, 74, of Manassas, Virginia, on June 27, 2008. Mr. Dominguez retired from the Bank in 1988. Iffat A. Elahi, 67, of Irving, Texas, on May 21, 2008, spouse of retiree Akhtar M. Elahi. Daad El-Tobgy, 72, of Vienna, Virginia, on May 23, 2008, spouse of retiree Aly ElTobgy. Heidrun M. Franz, 64, of Potomac, Maryland, on July 2, 2008, spouse of retiree Juergen Franz. Emma Garrigues, 65, of Paris, France, on March 24, 2008, spouse of retiree Charlie Garrigues. Betty Eleanor Grau, 82, of Andelot, France, on May 13, 2008, spouse of retiree William Grau. Rosario C. Hablero, 63, of Beltsville, Maryland, on June 4, 2008. Ms. Hablero retired from the Bank in 2000. Elias N. Hakim, 87, of Vienna, Virginia, on June 14, 2008. Mr. Hakim retired from the Bank in 1982. Terry Hall, 77, of Cork, Ireland, on May 11, 2008. Mr. Hall retired from the Bank in 1992. G. Richard Henderson, 89, of Robina, Queensland, Australia, on May 17, 2008. Mr. Henderson retired from the Bank in 1979. Patricia Jones, 72, of Great Falls, Virginia, on May 17, 2008, spouse of retiree Howard Jones. Shigeru Kataoka, 73, of Fujisawa-shi, Japan, on May 14, 2008. Mr. Kataoka retired from the Bank in 1996.

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Audrey Lane, 81, of Frankston, Victoria, Australia, on May 3, 2008. Ms. Lane retired from the Bank in 1984. Andre Milongo, 71, of Brazzaville, Congo, on July 23, 2007. Mr. Milongo retired from the Bank in 1990. William S. Matthey, 79, of Bonita Springs, Florida, on June 29, 2008. Mr. Matthey retired from the Bank in 1993. Irene Daisy Mould, 80, of Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom, on June 11, 2008, surviving spouse of retiree Maurice C. Mould Andre Nespoulous-Neuville, 90, of Aix-en Provence, France, on May 23, 2008. He retired from the Bank in 1983. George X. Nicolaidis, 76, of Silver Spring, Maryland, on July 2, 2008. Mr. Nicolaidis retired from the Bank in 1989. Sheila M. Pechette, 76, of Columbia, Maryland, on May 25, 2008. Ms. Pechette retired from the Bank in 1988. Margaret H. Please, 81, of Oxford, United Kingdom, on May 29, 2008, spouse of retiree Stanley Please. Laura Schrenk, 79, of Washington, DC, on July 2, 2008, spouse of retiree Martin Schrenk. Edward G. Schuh, 77, of Lake Elmo, Minnesota, on May 4, 2008. Mr. Schuh retired from the Bank in 1987. Sheila Tennent, 82, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on May 25, 2008, former spouse of Bank retiree, Hugh John Tennent. El -Tom B. Umbarak, 67, of Kamlin, Sudan, on May 16, 2008. Mr. Umbarak retired from the Bank in 2002. Mohammad Abdul Wahid, 81, of Chino Hills, California, on July 8, 2008. Mr. Wahid retired from the Bank in 1987. Ruby Watson, 84, of Jacksonville, Florida, on May 19, 2008. the Bank in 1988.

Ms. Watson retired from