Sunday, February 8, 2009
Michèle A. Moriarty Translator
Michèle A. Moriarty, 56, who had consulted since 1991 as a French and German translator for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund as well as the Justice and State departments, died Jan. 17 at her home in Takoma Park. She had breast cancer.
From 1981 to 1990, Ms. Moriarty worked as a translator at the World Bank in Washington, where she wrote, edited and researched documents. Earlier she taught English in Germany and in Senegal, and worked in the World Bank resident mission in Cameroon.
Michèle Anne Moriarty was born in Hartford, Conn., and graduated from Wellesley College in 1975 with a degree in German. She received a master's degree in library science from the University of Maryland in 1991.
She was a pilot and owned a Cessna 182, a single-engine plane. She was a member of the Capital Rowing Club.
Survivors include her husband of 20 years, Tom Forhan, and a son, Colin Forhan, both of Takoma Park; her mother, Lorraine Watson of Flat Rock, N.C.; a sister, Dianne Werner of Woodbridge; and a half-brother, David Fersch of Columbus, Ohio.
-- Lauren Wiseman
Vito Natrella IRS EconomistVito Natrella, 92, the director of the Internal Revenue Service's statistics division from 1964 to 1980, died Jan. 9 of congestive heart failure at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington County.
Mr. Natrella worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission from the late 1930s until 1964 and became assistant director of the trading and markets division.
Mr. Natrella was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Brooklyn College in 1937 and a master's degree in economics from American University in 1962.
During retirement, he consulted for Joel Popkin and Associates in Washington. In the early 1980s, he traveled to Papua New Guinea with the International Monetary Fund to help set up a tax system in the country.
He was a member of the Cosmos Club in Washington and was a fellow with the American Statistical Association.
His wife of 42 years, Elinor Entrekin Natrella, died in 1992.
Survivors include two sons, Steven Natrella and Michael Natrella, both of Arlington; and a sister.
-- Lauren Wiseman
James D. Swartzwelder IRS EconomistJames D. Swartzwelder, 75, economist who retired from the Internal Revenue Service in the early 1990s and then worked for the old U.S.-Saudi Arabian Joint Economic Commission, known as Jecor, died Jan. 27 in his home in Vienna. He had congestive heart failure.
Mr. Swartzwelder spent 30 years at the IRS and became a top official in the projections and forecasting group.
Jecor was a commission funded by the Saudi government and operated by the U.S. Treasury Department to help the Saudis with their government functions.
James Daniel Swartzwelder was a native of Bedford, Pa., and an economics graduate of Pennsylvania State University. He received a master's degree in economics from George Washington University and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
He was an Army veteran of the Korean War, and his memberships included the American Legion.
He provided free tax preparation services at his local library. His hobbies included golfing and saltwater fishing.
A son, Timothy Swartzwelder, died in 1979.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy Zook Swartzwelder of Vienna; a son, Andrew Swartzwelder of Virginia Beach; a sister; and a granddaughter.
-- Adam Bernstein