(NAFTA). Retirement Gillespie retired from the United States Foreign Service in 1995. He became a principal member of The Scowcroft Group, an international business consulting company founded by Brent Scowcroft, the former National Security Advisor. Books Gillespie co-authored the book Career Diplomacy: Life and Work in the U.S. Foreign Service with Harry W. Kopp. The book was published by the Georgetown University Press in October 2008. Death Charles A. Gillespie Jr. died of cancer at the age of 72 on March 7, 2008, at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California. He was survived by his children, Charles and Kristin, and three grandchildren. His wife, Vivian Havens, whom he had been married to for 45 years, died in 2003. References External links Memorial Website - https://web.archive.org/web/20080423085914/http://www.charlesgillespie.info/ United States Foreign Service Embassy of the United States to Colombia Embassy of the United States to Chile Scowcroft Group 1935 births 2008 deaths Ambassadors of the United States to Colombia Ambassadors of the United States to Chile Ambassadors of the United States to Grenada United States Department of State officials University of California, Los Angeles alumni Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni National War College alumni History of Grenada Deaths from cancer in California United States Foreign Service personnel 20th-century American diplomats