The Foreign Service Journal, February 2013

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | FEBRUARY 2013 69 president of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council. A longtime resident of Bethesda, Md, Mr. Jenkins was a great supporter of AFSA, and attendedmany association events. He was also an accomplished tennis player, as are each of his sons, and an enthusiastic golfer. A devoted father and grandfather, he will be lovingly remembered as “Poppa.” At his death, he had been finalizing a second book, Airedale Tales: Poppa and His Dogs, which will be published posthumously. Mr. Jenkins is survived by his devoted wife of 37 years, Lucy; three sons, Peter of Gill, Mass., and Tim andMichael, both of Bethesda, Md.; one daughter, Ann of Bethesda, Md.; 14 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; and his loyal Airedale, Monty. He was predeceased by his beloved first wife, Cecile (“C”) Jenkins, in 1971, and his stepson, Robert Greig Crichton, in 2008. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Rehabilitation Hospi- tal, 102 Irving Street NW, Washington DC. n C. Melvin Sonne Jr., 89, a retired FSO, died on Nov. 21 at his home in Bedford County, Pa., following a brief illness. Mr. Sonne was born in Titusville, Pa., on Dec. 3, 1922, the son of C.M. Sonne, a doctor, and Lillian Carpenter Sonne. After graduating fromTitusville High School in 1940, Mr. Sonne obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylva- nia’s Wharton School in 1943. He then enlisted in the Army Air Force, serving as a navigator with the 20th Air Force on Saipan from1944 to 1945 and completing 35 aerial missions, mostly over Japan. He was awarded the Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross, both with clusters. Following his discharge in late 1945, Mr. Sonne returned to the University of Pennsylvania. While teaching part-time there, he obtained his master’s degree in 1947. In September of that year, Mr. Sonne began a 30-year career in the Foreign Service. He filled diplomatic and consular positions in Denmark, Germany, French Indochina, Mexico, Austria, Italy (twice) and Saudi Arabia. On July 8, 1950, he married the former Eva Melitta Hubert, a native of East Germany whomhe hadmet while assigned to Hamburg. Between overseas assignments, he did graduate studies for one year at Harvard University, and attended the U.S. Army War College from 1965 to 1968. He was then detailed for one year to the Depart- ment of Commerce and later spent time at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Following his retirement in 1977, Mr. Sonne was employed with a private trade organization, and then returned to the Department of State as a part-time consul- tant on freedomof information. He also became a volunteer director with the State Department Federal Credit Union, and for several years was its treasurer. In 1989, the Sonnes settled in South- ampton Township, in Bedford County, Pa., where they had purchased a retire- ment home more than a decade earlier. There Mr. Sonne pursued his hobby of tree farming and developed a deep interest in state and local history. He was a member of the Pioneer Historical Society, serving as its treasurer until 2003. He organized the society’s purchase and move to its new headquarters, worked to encourage greater local interest in the county’s heritage and, in 1994, led Bedford’s observance of the Whiskey Rebellion Bicentennial. The Sonnes remained frequent travel- lers, going abroad at least once a year as long as they were able. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Millie, of Southampton; three sons, Peter, Phillip and Neil; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. n WilliamBenjamin Stubbs III, 78, a retired FSO, died in Ocala, Fla., on Oct. 21. The only son of William and Rachael Stubbs, he was born in Valdosta, Ga., on Oct. 9, 1934. He attended Druid Hills School in Atlanta and Darlington School in Rome, Ga. He went on to attend Duke Uni- versity, Emory University and the London School of Economics, earning bachelor’s andmaster’s degrees in international rela- tions. From 1956 to 1959, Mr. Stubbs served in the U.S. Army, with duties inmilitary intel- ligence in France and Germany. Following military service, he joined the faculty at the Oxford College of Emory University, where he taught until 1962, when he joined the Foreign Service. Mr. Stubbs’ overseas assignments with the U.S. Information Agency and the Department of State includedMalaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Hungary, China, the Philippines and Thailand. In 1979 he was among the group that reopened the American embassy in Beijing, then served as its spokesman, a position he had held in several other countries. For the four years prior to retirement in 1985, he directed U.S. government programs for Indochinese refugees in the Philippines andThailand. While in Thailand he married Antoinette Atienza, originally fromManila. Two previous mar- riages ended in divorce. After retirement Mr. Stubbs held several consulting positions, spending two years in Washington, D.C., with the Department of Justice and a year with the public relations firmHill and Knowlton inHong Kong. He founded his own consulting firm inHong Kong andmanaged it until 1991, when he moved to Florida, residing first on Amelia Island, then in Jacksonville and, finally, in Ocala. Having livedmuch of his adult life in