PAUL DILWYN SUMMERS DIES Paul Dilwyn Summers, 91, a retired official of the Agency for International Development and former District resident, died of respiratory arrest May 10 at Manor Care-Fair Oaks nursing home in Fairfax. He lived in Washington, Va. He came here and began his government career in 1954 as deputy director of Far East operations at the International Cooperation Administration. From 1960 until retiring in 1965, he was stationed in the Philippines, where he was operations director for the Agency for International Development and held the diplomatic rank of minister. Mr. Summers, who was a native of Matoon, Ill., maintained a residence in the District until 1986. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and its Wharton School of Business. From 1923 to 1954, he worked in private business in Pennsylvania. His hobbies included skiing, polo and riding. He was a 32nd-degree Mason. His first wife, the former Dorothy Brooks Mathers, died in 1929. Survivors include his wife, the former Minnie-Lee Wire, of Washington, Va.; two children by his first marriage, Paul Jr., of Charlottesville, and Virginia S. Martin of Williamsburg; two stepdaughters, Rosemary W. Anderson of Bethesda and Monica R. Riddell of Washington, Va.; a sister, Jean S. Smith of Wilmette, Ill.; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
PAUL DILWYN SUMMERS DIES Paul Dilwyn Summers, 91, a retired official of the Agency for International Development and former District resident, died of respiratory arrest May 10 at Manor Care-Fair Oaks nursing home in Fairfax. He lived in Washington, Va. He came here and began his government career in 1954 as deputy director of Far East operations at the International Cooperation Administration. From 1960 until retiring in 1965, he was stationed in the Philippines, where he was operations director for the Agency for International Development and held the diplomatic rank of minister. Mr. Summers, who was a native of Matoon, Ill., maintained a residence in the District until 1986. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and its Wharton School of Business. From 1923 to 1954, he worked in private business in Pennsylvania. His hobbies included skiing, polo and riding. He was a 32nd-degree Mason. His first wife, the former Dorothy Brooks Mathers, died in 1929. Survivors include his wife, the former Minnie-Lee Wire, of Washington, Va.; two children by his first marriage, Paul Jr., of Charlottesville, and Virginia S. Martin of Williamsburg; two stepdaughters, Rosemary W. Anderson of Bethesda and Monica R. Riddell of Washington, Va.; a sister, Jean S. Smith of Wilmette, Ill.; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
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