WASHINGTON, D.C. – Peter J. Skoufis, 86, retired Foreign Service officer and United Nations official, died March 28, 2005, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Washington D.C. He had pneumonia and complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Mr. Skoufis was born in Bangor. He graduated from the University of Maine and attended George Washington University law school. He served in the Army Air Forces in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, he worked at the Veterans Administration in Washington and then as veterans affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, where several thousand American veterans were study-ing under the G.I. Bill. He then served as veterans affairs attache in Rome. After joining the Foreign Service, he served in Pretoria, South Africa; the Hague; Paris; and London. During tours of duty in Washington, his assignments included assistant executive director of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs; executive officer to Secretary of State Dean Rusk; and deputy inspector general of the Foreign Service. He became a Foreign Service inspector and for three years traveled to Asia and Europe. He received the State Department Superior Honor Award in 1971. He was a former board member of DACOR (Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired). After retiring from the Foreign Service in 1971, he joined the United Nations. He served for seven years as assistant director general of its Food and Agricultural Organization in Rome. He retired from the U.N. in 1984, and settled in Washington, D.C. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Helen Skoufis of Washington, D.C.; and three sisters, Georgia Paul of Bangor, Helen Rozos of Florida, and Anne Anthony of California; numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held April 1, in Washington, D.C. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Dacor Bacon House, 1801 F St., NW, Floor 4, Washington, DC 20006 or the charity of your choice.
PETER J. SKOUFIS
