Zana "Jill" Begien, after a battle with cancer. Jill graduated from St. Catherine's School in 1951 before attending Stanford Univ. and graduating in 1955. She worked briefly in San Francisco before joining the CIA in Washington, DC. She was an analyst, specializing in the Middle East. Besides Headquarters assignments, she held overseas posts in Paris, Cairo, Athens, Bombay and Tehran. After retirement from Government service in 1986, she lived in Washington, DC, Charlottesville, and Virginia Beach.
A family burial service will be held at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.
Preceded in death by,
Parents:
Dorothy Swain Begien (Stanford, CA), and
Ralph Norman Begien Jr. (Richmond, VA)
Siblings:
Jacquelin Begien Dawson
Ralph Norman Begien III
Grandfathers:
Robert Eckles Swain, Stanford 1899 (former Acting President of Stanford University, and Professor of Chemistry), and
Ralph Norman Begien Sr. (a Vice-President of the C&O Railroad)
Surviving,
Nieces and Nephews:
Jennifer Dawson-Lawrence
Paul Dawson Jr.
Kristin Wilson
Christopher Dawson
Cousin: Constance Campbell
Brother-in-law: Paul Dawson
Zana "Jill" Begien, after a battle with cancer. Jill graduated from St. Catherine's School in 1951 before attending Stanford Univ. and graduating in 1955. She worked briefly in San Francisco before joining the CIA in Washington, DC. She was an analyst, specializing in the Middle East. Besides Headquarters assignments, she held overseas posts in Paris, Cairo, Athens, Bombay and Tehran. After retirement from Government service in 1986, she lived in Washington, DC, Charlottesville, and Virginia Beach.
A family burial service will be held at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.
Preceded in death by,
Parents:
Dorothy Swain Begien (Stanford, CA), and
Ralph Norman Begien Jr. (Richmond, VA)
Siblings:
Jacquelin Begien Dawson
Ralph Norman Begien III
Grandfathers:
Robert Eckles Swain, Stanford 1899 (former Acting President of Stanford University, and Professor of Chemistry), and
Ralph Norman Begien Sr. (a Vice-President of the C&O Railroad)
Surviving,
Nieces and Nephews:
Jennifer Dawson-Lawrence
Paul Dawson Jr.
Kristin Wilson
Christopher Dawson
Cousin: Constance Campbell
Brother-in-law: Paul Dawson
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