Ruth Eleanor Bennett and Dr. Anthony Fox were married March 20 in Arlington, Va., in the office of Gerald Williams, a civil magistrate there.
The bride, 49, is a foreign service officer with the State Department. She is currently on assignment, with an office at Georgetown University, as the executive director of the United States-Afghan Women’s Council, a nonpartisan public-private partnership that supports Afghan women and girl’s education, health care, economic empowerment and leadership.
She graduated from Reed College in Portland, Ore., and received two master’s degrees from the University of Oregon, one in journalism and one in psychology.
She is a daughter of Elizabeth F. Bennett of Ocala, Fla., and the late Reuben J. Bennett. The bride’s mother retired as a reference librarian at Adriance Memorial Library in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The bride’s father was a violinist and music educator in the Hyde Park public school system in Hyde Park, N.Y.
The bride’s first marriage ended in divorce.
The groom, 52, specializes in palliative medicine at St. Peter’s Hospice in Bristol, England. He graduated with honors from the University of Bristol, from which he also received a master’s degree in medical ethics and law. He received a medical degree from the University of Nottingham.
He is a son of Dorothy Ann Fox and Terence Fox of Widnes, Cheshire, England. The groom’s father is a retired transport manager in the timber industry in Widnes. He also retired as a Roman Catholic deacon. The groom’s mother was a stay-at-home parent.
The couple met online in January 2013 while the bride was working as the deputy spokeswoman at the United States Embassy in Berlin, and the groom was at the University of Bristol.
