Refugee advocate Sheppie Abramowitz working in Thailand, where her husband, Morton I. Abramowitz, was stationed as U.S. ambassador from 1978 to 1981. Sheppie Abramowitz, who helped resettle displaced people from around the world as a volunteer, adviser and eventual vice president for the International Rescue Committee, opening the organization’s D.C. office and emerging as a go-to resource for refugee issues, died April 7 at a hospital in Washington. She was 88.
By all accounts, she knew “precisely when to overdo it,” as Clines put it, developing a reputation as a “canny pest and benevolent fixer” while cutting through red tape to enhance refugee services and funding. “She educated, guided and encouraged a whole cadre of humanitarian workers,” he added in a phone interview.
Mrs. Abramowitz remained involved with the IRC for more than 50 years, although she also worked from inside the federal government during the Reagan administration, serving as a coordinator between aid organizations and the State Department’s bureau for refugee programs.Her boss at the time, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Arthur E. “Gene” Dewey, called her “a tireless cheerleader” for relief efforts, including those involving refugees from Lebanon, El Salvador and Mozambique.
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