Eddie was born November 13, 1924, in El Dorado, Arkansas to Mabel Book Pohl and Clyde
L. Pohl. The family settled in Monroe, Louisiana, when he was 2 years old. He attended
Ouachita Parish High School graduating in 1941. He then went to Louisiana Polytechnic
Institute, Ruston, for l year. While in high school, off-school work and college, Eddie was
involved with photographic activities.
He entered the Navy in 1943, earned his rating as Photographer's Mate and was sent to U.S.
Naval Airbase in Dunkeswell, southern England. Eddie received the Air Medal for
meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flights over the English Channel in
1944. In 1945, he returned to the U.S. to enter the Navy Flight Program but was discharged
shortly thereafter due to the end of WWII. He went back to Louisiana Tech University
earning a degree in Journalism and graduated in January 1948. While there, extra-
curricular activities (Student Union, yearbook editor, sports editor of the college
newspaper, and fraternity involvement) earned him a listing in Who's Who of Students in
American Universities and Colleges. He then worked one year as Field Secretary for his
fraternity, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Eddie joined the Department of State as a Diplomatic Courier in January 1949. His first
assignment was Cairo, Egypt. He was transferred to Paris, France, in 1952, where he met
Joy Little who was working at the Embassy. They married in January 1954. They were
transferred to Frankfurt, Germany in July of 1954. Subsequent assignments were Panama,
Panama; Palermo, Sicily; Bonn, Germany; Tunis, Tunisia; Jidda, Saudi Arabia; Port-au-
Prince, Haiti; Geneva, Switzerland; and Niamey, Niger. On transfer to Palermo in 1956,
Eddie became a Foreign Service Officer, serving in the administrative field. During his
career, he received three Meritorious Honor Awards.
While in Tunis, Eddie started an American Boy Scout troop which is still active at the
American Cooperative School.
Eddie and his wife chose to retire in Estes Park in January 1982. Eddie is survived by his wife Joy, their two children Lyn Pohl and John Pohl, four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. See www.allnuttestespark.com to send a message to the family.
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