U.S. Ambassador (ret) Jean Wilkowski will be speaking at the Bean today at 2:00 p.m. about her book, Abroad for Her Country: Tales of a Pioneer Woman Ambassador in the U.S. Foreign Service. All are invited. She will sign copies of her book after her talk.
Ambassador Wilkowski entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1944, and served in nine countries on three continents before retiring in 1980. She is the only woman to receive the Foreign Service Cup from the Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR).