Memorial For John Granville
John Granville represented the best of the spirit of USAID: a love of country, a spirit of adventure, intelligence, compassion, and abiding desire to make a better world for the less fortunate. We are here saddened to bid him farewell.
John Granville was a commissioned officer in the United States Foreign Service. As a diplomat and as an international development officer, he worked hard and he worked well at the grassroots of society and politics.
Photo Credit: USAID
John Granville surrounded by villagers who have just received radios.
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He cultivated not the potentates but the simplest of citizens. In remote villages in Sudan, he offered practical methods to nurture democracy and just governance based on the rule of law. He worked with energy and imagination to make this aspiration a reality for women and men in Sudan. He promoted peace, leading by the example of his keen and sincere understanding.
His life was all to short, but it was abundant in generosity. Religious leaders have said: If you want peace, work for justice." Certainly that was the motto by which John Granville lived. In the places in Africa that he so dearly loved, peace and justice will be his legacy.
His colleagues recall their memories of John: "The consummate professional" and "an incredibly dedicated individual." These were common themes throughout the remarks about John's personality and infectious good will.
These remembrances paint the picture of who John Granville was and what he will always mean to us. John's sacrifice reminds us that our nation and its instrument for foreign assistance, the U. S. Agency for International Development, are a force for peace and prosperity in the world. We are moved beyond words at this tragedy, but buoyed by his spirit. Our highest honor to him is to renew our commitment to the values that he lived by and to love our work, as John loved his work.
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