Marilyn Holmes, a member of AAFSW for almost 25 years, was an award-winning documentary producer for the U.S. Department of State and a former Director of the State Department’s Global Community Liaison Office. She died on Tuesday, May 17th, 2016 at Georgetown University Hospital. She was 82. Marilyn was born in Paris in 1934. In 1940, when German troops invaded France, seven-year old Marilyn and her mother fled Paris in a mass exodus of French citizens. After an arduous journey, they finally reached Lisbon where they were able to secure safe passage on one of the last ships to leave for the United States. After spending her formative years in France… Read More
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