The Foreign Service Journal, February 2009

62 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 9 Allan Chubb , 75, a retired USIA Foreign Service officer who resided in Lake of the Woods, near Locust Grove, Va., died on Oct. 6 at Culpeper Regional Hospital in Culpeper, Va. AMichigan State University gradu- ate with a degree in international rela- tions, Mr. Chubb was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. After service as a first lieu- tenant in the U.S. Army (Infantry), he pursued graduate studies at American University. In 1959, Mr. Chubb joined USIA. During a 33-year career, he served overseas in Mexico City, Manila and Rabat, and traveled to every country in Latin America on short business trips as an administrative troubleshooter for the agency. Mr. Chubb’s interests included in- ternational relations, history, geography, art, antique cars, travel, architec- ture, hiking, landscaping, family geneal- ogy and a three-generation-old stamp collection. He was a lifelong Detroit Tigers baseball fan and, with a friend, founded and served as Scout Master of Troup 873 in Truro, Va. He attended The Lake of the Woods Church in Lo- cust Grove, Va. His family was his greatest joy. Mr. Chubb and his wife traveled to more than 16 countries. He is survived by his wife, Joyce M. Chubb, of Locust Grove, Va.; two sons, Gregg A. Chubb and Kevin S. Chubb (and his wife, Judy); and four grand- children, Collin, Caitlin, Connor and Cameron Chubb. Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation, 8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean VA 22102. Charles T. Cross , 86, a retired FSO and former ambassador, died on Nov. 2 in Seattle, Wash. Born in Beijing in 1922 of mission- ary parents, Mr. Cross lived there until 1940. He attended Carleton College from 1940 to 1942, when he joined the Marines. After completing a year at the Navy Japanese Language School at the University of Colorado, he was as- signed to the 23rd Marines of the 4th Marine Division as an intelligence of- ficer and Japanese interpreter. He was with the 23rd for all of the division’s landings: Rai/Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Mr. Cross was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V on Saipan. After V-J Day in 1945, he joined the First Marine Division in North China and returned to Beijing, thereby participating in the liberation of his own home from the Japanese. In 1946, Mr. Cross married Shirley Foss of Faribault, Minn., whose love, intelligence and bravery happily sup- ported him and the family through two more years at Carleton College, a mas- ter’s degree at Yale University in 1949 and 32 years abroad. Mr. Cross entered the Foreign Service in 1949 and was assigned to Taipei as assistant public affairs officer. A year later he was posted to Indone- sia, and then to Hong Kong. In 1955, Mr. Cross was assigned to Malaysia as a political officer. He subsequently served in Egypt, Cyprus and the U.K. Mr. Cross was the senior civilian deputy to the Commanding General for the III Marine Amphibious Force for Pacification Operations in I Corps in Danang from 1967 to 1968, and was appointed ambassador to Singapore by President Richard Nixon in 1969. He also served as consul general in Hong Kong (1974-1977) and was the first director of the American Institute in Taipei (1979-1981), with the rank of ambassador. Interspersed through these years were assignments as offi- cer-in-charge for Burma and Laos, stints at the National War College and as a diplomat-in-residence at the Uni- versity of Michigan, and service on the Policy Planning Staff and as a Senior Foreign Service inspector. In l982, the Crosses retired to Seat- I N M EMORY