Obituaries

Darrell R. EglinCIA Analyst

Darrell R. Eglin, 85, an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency who later wrote about economics of foreign countries, died Oct. 18 of pneumonia at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He lived in McLean.

Mr. Eglin worked for the CIA from 1953 until 1971, including being stationed in Vietnam from 1964 to 1966. He was awarded the medal for civilian service in Vietnam in 1969. He also was recognized for his service to the CIA.

From 1971 to 1983, Mr. Eglin contributed to published studies of countries while working at American University's Foreign Area Studies program. The countries he wrote about included Iraq, Syria, Israel, Egypt and Bangladesh.

Mr. Eglin was born in San Diego and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1941 to 1946, operating amphibious landing craft in San Diego. He later was posted at the lifeboat stations at San Francisco Beach and Bolinas Bay.

In 1951, he received a master's degree in economics from Berkeley and relocated to the Washington area the next year to work for the CIA.

A photography lover, he was a member of the McLean Camera Club. He spent his spare time running, playing tennis, cycling, sea kayaking, backpacking and camping. He had visited all 50 states.

Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Rhea Eglin of McLean; three daughters, JoAnn Cates of Fauquier County, Karen Krochmal of South Riding and Kristen Pappano of Great Falls; a sister; and two grandchildren.

James F. King Jr.Washington Lawyer

James Forrest King Jr., 57, a Washington lawyer in private practice who specialized in employment discrimination, civil rights and family law, died Oct. 28 at his home on Capitol Hill. He had lung cancer.

Mr. King worked in the early 1970s for the Law Offices of Washington, one of the country's first law clinics. In 1976, he and clinic colleagues formed Reuss, McConville and King.

Mr. King started his private practice in the mid-1980s and became a court-appointed guardian for children in Washington's foster care system as well as for their parents. He also represented developmentally disabled clients.

Mr. King, whose father was an Air Force officer, was born in Salina, Kan., and raised mostly at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

He was a 1966 graduate of Surrattsville High School in Clinton, a 1970 graduate of the University of Maryland and a 1974 graduate of George Washington University law school.

He was a member of the Family Court Trial Lawyers Association, an organization of lawyers who work in the family court of D.C. Superior Court, and a commissioner with the D.C. Commission on Human Rights from 1984 to 1990.

He coached his son's soccer and baseball teams and spent many summers near Chincoteague, Va.

His marriage to Marilou King ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife of 21 years, Mary Lou Goodwin-King of Washington; a son from his second marriage, James F. King III of Washington; and three sisters, Sallie King of Harrisonburg, Va., Caroline Toole of Climax Springs, Mo., and Mollie King of Owings.