Robert M. Beaudry
1923 – 2010
CARLISLE, Pa. — Robert M. Beaudry, 86, died on Jan. 29, of respiratory failure at Forest Park Health Center. He was a career diplomat in the Senior Foreign Service who had significant postings in Europe and at the state department in Washington, D.C.
He was born in Lewiston, May 12, 1923. He graduated from Edward Little High School in 1940. He went on to study economics at The Catholic University of America, graduating magna cum laude. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II, he was appointed a foreign service officer in June 1946. His first post was in Dublin, Ireland, where he helped implement the Marshall Plan. Over the next 30 years, he held positions of increasing responsibility in Europe and in Washington. His last overseas appointment was a minister counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Rome.
When he returned to Washington in 1977, he was named director of the Office of Regional Political/Economic Affairs in the Bureau of European affairs.
In retirement, he returned to Maine and became actively involved in state democratic politics. He was engaged in several community projects such as the Lighthouse Museum of Maine, and he was a volunteer interviewer for Scarborough Public Television.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jacqueline Chouinard Beaudry of Carlisle, Pa.; four children, Paul Beaudry of Cleveland, John Beaudry at the U.S. Embassy, Dakar, Senegal, Catherine Beaudry of Carlisle, and Mary Beaudry Fienup, of Basye, Va; and seven grandchildren.