Frank Ahmed, Foreign Service Officer Dies

Frank Ahmed was born in Salem, Mass., and was a graduate of Salem State University. He served in the Army in the Pacific theater during World War II and participated in campaigns in the Solomon Islands and at Guadalcanal, Bougainville and New Guinea.

He was president of the International Club of D.C. and a member of the University Club, where he was a founding member of its international committee.

Mr. Ahmed was a member of the Turkish-American Association and American & Turkish Veterans Association. In 1986, he wrote a book, "Turks in America," about Turkish immigration to the United States and his experiences growing up in a Turkish community in Massachusetts. He lived in Bethesda for many years before moving to Fairfax five years ago.

Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Mary Lou Kennedy Ahmed of Fairfax; three children, Ann Marie McCauley of Wellesley, Mass., and Dr. Robert Frank Ahmed and Alison Ahmed-Regen, both of Vienna; a brother; and nine grandchildren.
Source: Washington Times, Matt Schudel