HARRY A. CAHILL

 
The Honorable  HARRY A. CAHILL  (Age 85)  
Of McLean, VA, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from injuries suffered in a fall. He was 85. Mr. Cahill was born on January 10, 1930 in New York City, graduated from Manhattan College in 1951 and served in the U.S. Army for three years before beginning a distinguished 34-year career as a diplomat with the U.S. State Department. Mr. Cahill's diplomatic career included posts in Norway, Poland, Yugoslavia, Uruguay, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and India. Mr. Cahill closed out his diplomatic career as Acting Deputy Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Cahill, who was fluent in nine languages and authored a book on U.S.-China trade, worked tirelessly in his retirement years. Throughout the 1990's, he went to Bosnia and Herzegovina as an elections supervisor of OSCE and as Refugee Affairs coordinator at the U.S. Embassy. Other post-retirement duties included serving as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense for Iraq and Afghanistan, directing the U.S.-Indo Chamber of Commerce and teaching international business management courses at Pepperdine University each summer from 1992 until 2014. Mr. Cahill is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Angelica; father of Alan Cahill, Daniel Cahill (Beth), Sylvia Cahill, Irene Cahill (Julie Landrio), Madeleine Gabriele (Vince) and Steven Cahill (Claudia); grandfather of Ashley, Dylan, Cole, Alexander, Matthew and Brady. Funeral Services will be held at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, 8601 Wolf Trap Rd., Vienna, VA on Thursday, April 16, at 10:30 a.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Doctors Without Borders. Online condolences and fond memories may be offered to family at:www.moneyandking.com