William Schaufele Obituary

SCHAUFELE WILLIAM E. SCHAUFELE William Schaufele, a retired Foreign Service Officer, died Thursday, January 17, 2008 in Salisbury, CT following a long illness. Mr. Schaufele entered the Foreign Service in September 1950. He first served in Germany and then Morocco, and next opened a consulate in The Congo before returning to Washington to the Bureau of African Affairs. He was named as Ambassador to Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) in 1969, and then as Deputy to the Permanent Representative on the Security Council of the UN. After a stint as Inspector General, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1976-1978) before being named Ambassador to Poland, and so witnessed the election of Pope John Paul II and the buildup of the Solidarity movement. Mr. Schaufele retired from the Foreign Service in September 1980 with the rank of Career Minister, and then was President of the Foreign Policy Association until January 1985. He was also Director of The Institute of World Affairs in Taconic. He is survived by his wife, Heather, and two sons, Steven and Peter, and two grandchildren, Alaric and Margaret. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 2, at the Salisbury Congregational Church at 2 p.m. Contributions can be made to the Senior Living Foundation of the American Foreign Service, 1716 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-2902.

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Published by The Washington Post from Jan. 24 to Jan. 25, 2008.

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Tom Harkish

February 3, 2008

Ambassador Schaufele is an example of the Greatest Generation that is slowly leaving the stage - men and women who fought The War (WWII) that set the stage for the prosperity of the second half of the 20th century. He himself played a bigger role, pushing democracy in Africa, overseeing US support for Poland during its transition and pushing the UN to reform. He was a great man and deserves our thanks.

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