Lieutenant General Melvin Fuller Chubb Jr. (January 1, 1934 – July 25, 2014) served as commander of the Electronic Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Chubb was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1934. He graduated from high school at the Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Missouri, in 1951 and continued his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chubb left school to become an aviation cadet in March 1954, but later completed a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station, in 1962. He earned master's degrees in astro-engineering from the University of Southern California, in 1965 and in business administration from The George Washington University, in 1972. He completed the Industrial Col