Evening star., 1954-10-19
President 10 Attend
State Department
Awards Ceremony
By JONES E. Roper


President Eisenhower and Sec
retary Of State Dulles scheduled
an elaborate ceremony today for
the presentation Of State De-
partment awards to 143 depart
ment employees.
For the first time, the Presi-
dent is attending such an annual
award ceremony. He plans q
brief speech.
For the first time, the cere-
mony is being held in Consti-
tuition Hall - with all possible
State Department employees get
ting time OF from their jobs to
attend.
The ceremony, which should
help buck UP employe morale, in
cludes presentation Of the de-
partment's highest honor - the
Distinguished Service Award -
to 10y Henderson, United States
Ambassador to Iran: and the late
David LeBreton, jr.. who was the
American Consul in Tunis.
Heroic Rescue.
Mr.. Henderson was cited for
helping solve Trans dispute with
the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. MIR.
LeBreton was cited for his he
roic participation in the success
full rescue of children of a col
league on August %, 1858. The
children were in danger Of
drowning. They were saved, but
Mr.. LeBreton died.
Mr.. LeBreton, native of the
District, was survived by his
widow, and a son David, who
live at 5225 Duvall drive. West
moreland Hills. and by his par
ents Rear Admiral (retired and
Mrs. David McDougal LeBreton.
21l7 Bancroft place, NV.
Receiving Superior Service
Awards today were: Robert j.
Ryan, 129 Lynnmore drive. Sill
yer Spring. Md, chief Of the
Division of Personnel Operations
of the State Department: Carlos
C. Hall, counselor of the En-
bassy at Havana; Irmgaard
Leohmannsroeben and Sigrid
Zuberbie, both local employees of
the American Consulate General
at Hamburg, Germany. The
German women were cited for
thwarting an attempted robbery
at the Consulate General.
Other Awards.
The State Department cited
IL employees to receive Merito-
rious Service Awards and 73 to
receive Commendable Service
Awards. Recipients with ad-
dresses in the District area were:
Meritorious Service Awards:
william C. Burdett, jr., 1923 @
street NV; Alfred LaFreniere,
1O608 Lexington street, Ken
sington, Md; William D.
Moreland. jr, 1000 H street
NV; Fred Snider.- 2416 Dennis
avenue, Silver Spring, Md, Ola
Mae Stephan. 215l California
street NV: Thurston F: Water
man. 22o1 Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV.
Commendahle Service Awards.
Gloria e. Ahiouness. 1893
Thirty-seventh street NV.
Lawrence A. Anderson. $500 Por-
ter street NV: M. Bell Bus
racker. Z Blue Ridge avenue,
Luray, Va: Clement E. Conger.
800 Mansion drive. Alexandria.
Va; Mary Ruth Edwards. 2700
Q street NV; Eugene Lindberg.
1882 Holmes Run drive. Falls
Church, Va: Hazel McQuay,
3130 Wisconsin avenue NV;
Gustav Pollaczek. 824 Twentieth
street NV; Charles A. Shink-
win, 4213 North Twenty-third
street, Arlington, Va; Virginia
L. Sinclair. 5305 P street, Coral
Hills, Md; Samuel Small, 1864
Second street NV; Maxine T.
Smith, 3109 Nichols avenue
Sc: Hazel Stepp. 2131 o street
NV; william j. Stibravy. 1902
Ravensworth place. Alexandria.
Va; Christopher TietZe. 1882
Holmes Run drive, Falls Church.
Va; Mary Boothe Vandenberg,
1850 Rodman street NV; Sam
uel Ford, 6319 Seventh street
NV; Eta Fuller, 1871 New
Hampshire avenue NV; Ar
della r. Hall, 1927 Cambridge
place NV: Edna jenkins. 2l05
I street NE; Elizabeth Jorzick,
1718 N street NV.