Janet G. Speck *82

Janet Speck, a career U.S. Foreign Service officer, died of breast cancer Oct. 29, 2011, at the age of 58.

Speck received a bachelor’s degree in history from Chicago in 1976 and a law degree from Cornell in 1980. She then earned a master’s degree in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School in 1982.

Joining the State Department in 1983, she served in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Guyana, Russia, and Vietnam, as well as in Washington, D.C. She held the title of economic officer and earned numerous department awards for her work.

Speck is survived by a daughter, her mother, and two sisters.

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