David Nalle ’46

For nine years as founding executive director of what then was known as the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships program, David brought international journalists into newsrooms in the United States. Then, for almost another 10 years, he served as Washington editor of the Central Asia Monitor.

Earlier, starting in 1951 as a Foreign Service officer, David joined what was to become the U.S. Information Service. He worked first in Kabul and then in Tehran and Mashhad, Iran; in Damascus, Syria; Amman, Jordan; and Moscow. In Washington, he was assistant director of USIA programs in North Africa, the Near East, and South Asia. He retired there in 1980 as deputy associate director.

David’s wife of two years, Jane Oliver Nalle, died in 1952. When he died Aug. 2, 2013, he was survived by his wife of 55 years, Margaret Shumaker Nalle; their children, David and Susan; and two granddaughters. The class expresses strong pride in the accomplishments of this dedicated public servant.