GEORGE MIRICK LANE

  
GEORGE MIRICK LANE  
Died peacefully at home on June 7, 2016 of cancer. He enjoyed tennis, wine, good conversation, music, poetry, and well-tended fires. George was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 15, 1928. He received a BA from Cornell University in 1951 and an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1957. He served in the US Army from 1951-1954. He and his wife Betsy were married in Beirut, Lebanon on July 14, 1955. During their more than 60 years together, they lived in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Morocco, Libya, Swaziland and Yemen, where he served as Ambassador from 1978-1981, ending his career as political advisor to the US Military European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. He retired to Westminster, Mass, where he enjoyed a second career as a professor of Middle East studies at Clark University and the College of the Holy Cross. During his time in Westminster, he served as selectman and as a member of the school board. In the summer of 2012, after nearly 30 years in George''s family home, he and his wife moved to the EastView retirement community in Middlebury, Vt.  George is survived by his wife Betsy; his children (and their spouses), Susanne (and Yahya), Amy (and Danny), Jonathan (and Karen), and Judith (and Ethan); and grandchildren, Katie, Anna, Jake, Stuart, Tarik, Nadia, and great grandchildren Juliana, Trae, Gabriel, and Mila. Service private. friends desire, contributions may be made to the Altobelli Fund, c/o the Forbush Memorial Library, 118 Main Street, Westminster, MA 01473, or to the charity of their choice.