M.Eugene Aaron:
CLASS OF 1962
E.O. Douglas SchoolClass of 1962
Sebring, FL
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton SchoolClass of 1973
Philadelphia, PA
Florida A&M UniversityClass of 1966
Tallahassee, FL
M.Eugene's Story
June 14, 2013
Last month I attended a class reunion at University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School in Philadelphia. My class was 1973 and we had a lot of fun. It was the largest reunion in recent years, according to University alumni office. My business is getting off the ground. I am planning a trip to visit some of the famous National Parks.
March 10, 2011
After my retirement in 2009, I am feeling relaxed now. The last 18 months have been full of family business. This is about resolved and I am preparing to move on to new tasks. I have worked hard over the last year to go through every box in my house to see what is in it and what to throw away. I have made lots of progress on this project in the last three months. I think I have seven or eight months more of steady work to go. But at this points I feel I know where my most important papers are and I could not say this a year ago. I want to manage my affairs while I still have the energy and interest and not leave this to someone else.
But to the most important question, I am generally happy and looking forward. I just completed a course on History of Western Art at the Smithsonian. I am planning to take a follow on course on Medieval Art, and a drawing class in April.
All the best to you.
Eugene Aaron
Greetings -- I am back in the USA, now, DC area. I will post more pictures soon as I finish unpacking my personal effects. I was in Pittsburg in September to help with the G20 summit, but now I am back in town and enjoying the great fall weather here in the mid-atlantic region. Life is great isn't it??
Moses Eugene Aaron
Life
Eugene Aaron
Foreign Service Officer
U.S. Department of State
I am in now in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. This a west Africa country. Arrived here in September 2007. We are currently building a new Embassy building that will be completed in January 2010.
I earned an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Florida A and M University in Tallahassee. I have 20 years in the Foreign Service. I speak Spanish fluently. and now French.
I was a Pearson Fellow working in Congressman Alcee L. HastingsÃÂ (Fla.) of...Expand for more
fice. 2002-2003
Before that I was on a two-year assignment in Havana, Cuba (2000 ÃÂ 2002). Cub was great!!1
Before the assignment to Havana, I was a Post Management Officer in the European Bureau in Washington (1997 ÃÂ 2000). Worked to bring peace and stability to the Balkans, with many hours devoted to Kosovo.
I coordinated the startup and establishment a new type of Foreign Service post - the American Presence Post (APP) - a one-American officer post with a single focus and mission. In Lyon, France the Secretary opened the first such mission in December 1999.
I focused on problems among our Baltic post where resource shortages led to severe drawdowns in personnel.
During the U.S. efforts to restore democracy to Haiti, I was a Haiti Working Group member, StateÃÂs key policy formulation office for our efforts on Haiti (1995 ÃÂ 1997). I was a presidential observer team member during the 1995 Haitian elections.
I was the Administrative officer at the U.S. Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname (1993 ÃÂ 1995). I coordinated closely with the Suriname government and the U.S. Army to prepare a Haitians refugees camp.
I worked in private industry in a number of positions in finance and economic analysis.
Countries visited: Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Panama, Haiti, Barbados, Guyana, Suriname, Curacao, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Trinidad-Tobago, Iceland, Norway Sweden Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Malta, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal.
I am still a State Department Foreign Service Officer. 2003-2005 I was deputy chief of Bilateral trade for Europe and the Americas. I worked on the Boeing-Airbus subsidies dispute -- that issue is still unresolved. My team successfully concluded the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
I was in the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations. until I took up my current post in Ouagadougou. There handled our embassies in Southern Africa. Made six trips to the region during my time in that position. Each visit was exciting and educational.
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