Charles Bowman Jacobini's Obituary
Charles B. Jacobini, Diplomat
Charles Bowman Jacobini died peacefully in his sleep on January 8, 2018 at his home in Lewes, Delaware. Charlie was born in Borger, Texas on July 13, 1945 to Billie (Connelley) and H. B. Jacobini. Both parents were academics. As a child Charlie lived in a number of US locations and in Manila, the Philippines. He graduated from the University School, Carbondale, Illinois in 1963, received his bachelor’s degree from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut and master’s from The Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy, Medford, Massachusetts.
After working at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, Charlie realized his ambition to enter the US Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. At State, Charlie served 2 tours in Vietnam and 2 tours in Brazil, as consular officer in Recife and Consul General in Belem. He then held State Department positions in trade policy and as an economic officer and counselor in Washington, Tokyo, Cairo, Turkey, and Singapore. He retired from the Foreign Service in December 1995 and worked with Edison Mission Energy in Jakarta.
Charlie and his family returned to the United States in June, 1998. Until his full retirement in 2012, Charlie held various positions relating to trade policy and intelligence analysis in both the private and public sectors, including 9 months in Belgrade, assisting with the Serbian Government’s application to join the European Union, then several years working at State on scientific cooperation in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics. Charlie moved from Potomac, Maryland to Lewes in 2016.
Mr. Jacobini was a renowned cook who loved entertaining, travel, adventure, his friends, his work, and animals. But most of all he loved his family. His was a good life, well lived.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years Dianne (Rotte), his daughters Anne Campbell (John, Major USMC) and Caroline Nash (Daniel), and his beloved cat Hamilton. He is also survived by his mother Billie, his brother Robert, and sisters Pamela and Michelle. His father, H.B. and infant son Thomas predeceased him.
Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 2:00 PM at Bethel United Methodist Church, 129 W 4th Street, Lewes, DE 19958. A larger service will be planned for later this spring in Washington D.C.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to The Nature Conservancy: Attn: Treasury, 4245 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100; Arlington, VA 22203, or the African Wildlife Foundation at www.awf.org.
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