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1 the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project ROBERT H. MAYBURY Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy Initial Interview Date: January 16, 2013 Copyri ht 2013 ADST TABL OF CONT NTS Background Born in Pennsylvania, son of a Nazarene minister Religious upbringing Raised in several ast Coast States astern Nazarene College ) NC), Quincy, ,A- Boston .niversity Dr. 0ames Houston Shrader .S Navy, 1122 Pacific Theater military actions ,arriage )1345) Birth of son Religious discussions Boston, ,A area -1378 astern Nazarene College9 Teacher of Basic Chemistry Research at Harvard ,edical School- Physical Chemistry Dr.Shrader 2nstitute of Religion in the Age of Science )2RAS) Star 2sland meeting 1orld Neighbors Polymer Chemistry research Proteomics Biochemical activity DNA/RNA .S leadership role Foreign language requirements Danworth Foundation Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago 2llinois area 1378 Research studies and publication College of 2daho, Caldwell, 2daho9 Professor of chemistry 1378-1374 Leadership problems ,odel .nited Nations program 1 Research Corporation grants Professor Harry Lewis, Reed College .niversity of Redlands, Redlands CA9 Professor of Analytical & 1374-1351 Physical Chemistry9 Research on proteins Dr. Albert Baez California 2nstitute of Technology )research) .niversity of 1ashington )Professor) Ford Foundation grant California Heart Association, Chairman, Student Research Committee Distinguished Service Award Committee on Chemical ducation, American Chemical Society Student body .S Atomic nergy Commission ,icro Curie Level 2sotopes Sputnik National Science Foundation 0erald Zacharias Chemical Bond Program arlham College, 2ndiana )Chemical Bond Approach project) Harvard .niversity9 National Science Foundation Fellowship 1351-1358 Research, Physical chemistry of protein molecules Pakistan visit, .SA2D National Science Foundation Latin America tour )1358) Science Consortium of Central American .niversities )CS.CA) Paris, France9 Albert Baez Program- .N SCO 1358-1358 Science Teaching Division, Science Sector 1orldwide top chemical research centers Distinguished scientists 2srael .S Anti-.nited Nations sentiment Relations with .N officials Planning Asian physics pilot project ,oscow meeting Operations Director, Dr. Lawrence Strong Organization for conomic Cooperation and Development )O CD) American Chemical Society ,oscow meeting 2nternational .nion of Pure and Applied Chemistry )2.PAC) Cambridge meeting .nited Nations Development Program ).NDP) 2srael participation .NDP/.N SCO projects 2 Harvard .niversity9 Harvard Project Physics 1358-13A0 Paris, France9 .N SCO 13A0-13A8 Harold Foecke, Director, Division of Science and Technology ducation Thailand project Ford Foundation proposal Five country Ford Foundation tour New Cork City, NC9 Ford Foundation Headquarters 13A8 Draft report on Five Country tour Technical Assistance and 2nnovtion in Science ducation Paris, France9 .N SCO 13A8 Nairobi, Denya9 Deputy Head, .N SCO Regional Office for 13A8-1381 Science and Technology Chief, Olu 2bukun Fraud threats and more unopleasntness Regional universities Learning programs in developing countries Open .niversity ).D) and its ducational Development Center .niversity of Nairobi seminars SusseE, .D .niversity, Science Policy Research .nit Aspen, CO Conference Training course for African scientists Leave of absence at 1orld Bank )13A3), 1ashington, DC Training Course studies Paris, France9 .N SCO- ,anaging Director, .N SCO periodical 1381-1388 The 2mpact of Science on Society 1orld Bank, 1ashington, DC- drafting training materials Retirement from .N SCO 1388 1ashington, DC9 1orld Bank 1388-138A ,ission to Nairobi, Denya Olu 2bukum .N SCO Director, Amadou ,ahtar ,FBow Corruption .niversity of Denya Science ,ission to Tanzania ,ission to Nigeria 8 African Regional Center for Technology )ARCT) Eecutive Director, 2nternational Organization for Chemical 138A-2011 Sciences in Development )2OCD) Glenn Seabourg Organization projects and operations South Africa Denya .ganda Personnel Biotic Eploration Fund Netherlands 2nstitute of ,anagement 2nstitute 2nternational Law 2nstitute Saudi National 2nstitute for 2ndustrial Development Abu Simbel, .N SCO project Palestine Liberation Organization )PLO) Science AttachHs Comments on .N SCO INTERVIEW Q: Today is the 16th of January, 2013. This is an interview with Robert H. Maybury. )hat does the *H+ stand for, ,ACB.RC9 Harris Q: Bob and I are both in.ates at a retire.ent ho.e, /oodwin House, here in Fairfa1 and that+s how I ran across hi. and nailed hi. for this interview. -ob, let+s start at the be innin 3 when and where were you born, ,ACB.RC9 2 was born 0anuary 23, 1328, in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, a small town in the coal country about 50 miles north of Philadelphia. ,y father was a minister of the Church of the Nazarene, this being his first pastorate, while my mother was a registered nurse, her RN from the 0ewish Hospital in Philadelphia. 2 was their first child. Q: )hat do you 4now about the na.e Maybury, ,ACB.RC9 As far as 2 know, the name ,aybury is 1elsh. 2n the .nited States you find it spelled both ,ayberry and ,aybury. Once in London, 2 saw a large bus going by with I,aybury ToursF written in big letters along its side, the only time 2 have ever seen the name in public. 4 Q: )hat do you 4now, goin bac4 on your father+s side of the fa.ily, where they ca.e fro., ,ACB.RC9 ,y father, Byron ,aybury, was the oldest of the eleven children of 0ohn T. ,aybury, who was also a minister in the Church of the Nazarene. 2 have met most of these aunts and uncles at one time or another, but where the family originally came from, whether 1ales or ngland, 2 do not know. 2 was once told that the earliest members of the ,aybury family were watermen who plied the Chesapeake Bay in fishing boats. Q: 5our grandfather, did you ever 4now hi., ,ACB.RC9 No, unfortunately 2 never met my grandfather 0ohn T. ,aybury, who passed away when 2 was about 10 years old. He had originally been a leading minister in the ,ethodist church, but around 1300, joined a group of other ,ethodist ministers in organizing the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, believing the ,ethodist Church had departed from earlier doctrinal positions and simple lifestyle practices. The churchFs elders dropped the word Pentecostal from the name about 1310. Q: This is the story of A.erica, all these deno.inations. ,ACB.RC9 2 did know and met frequently my grandparents on my motherFs side, Reuben and lizabeth Bower. ,y grandfather Bower had been a successful businessman in Allentown, Pennsylvania, while grandmother Bower, whom we called I,ammy,F was from a JPennsylvania DutchK family in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. 2n their later years, probably when they were in their 50s, they often stayed with us in our home. Grandpa Bower was a favorite of us kids, for he seemed better off than our parents, so he was the one who bought the radio that we had in our home. 2 remember the first one was an Atwater Dent way back in the 1380s, with its earphones and very indistinct sound. Q: )hat was it li4e growin up, Ta4e your very early years bein a *PK+, a preacher+s 4id. ,ACB.RC9 Being a JPDF meant your behavior had to be beyond reproach, especially in public. ,y brother, a year and a half younger than 2, is still alive, and my sister, eight years younger than 2, passed away about five years ago. 2 remember well how in church on Sunday morning we would sit in the front pew with our mother during our fatherFs sermon. 2f we did the least bit of whispering to each other, the neEt day my mother would have told my father and, on our return from school, he would take us down to the basement where we got the traditional paddling on the rear-endL This was characteristic of the kind of upbringing 2 had in a very strict, but at the same time loving home. Q: How .uch were you involved in the reli ion, ,ACB.RC9 From an early age, 2 took seriously all 2 heard in the sermons in church and believed all 2 was taught by my parents and by Sunday school teachers. The Nazarene 7 Church being a fundamentalist church means 2 believed literally all 2 read in the Bible or heard in sermons. Furthermore, at an early age 2 claimed to be saved and also sanctified, the two fundamental religious eEperiences of a faithful Nazarene. 2 also prayed regularly, believing 2 was in touch with God. 2 observed every detail of the strict practices 2 thought the Nazarene Church required of me. 2 can remember my mother telling me never to steal even a pin and was eEtremely careful never to do what 2 thought was wrong in any way. So not only was 2 conscientious, 2 was probably overly so, but 2 can go into this in more detail if you want me to. Q: I+d li4e to pic4 up so.e of that. ,ACB.RC9 Our parents insisted that all three of us go to the college maintained by the Church of the Nazarene, called astern Nazarene College ) NC), located in Quincy, ,assachusetts. Although today NC is recognized as a good liberal arts colleges in New ngland, at the time we were there in the 1340s it was a very modest place with about 200 students. 2t was at this college in 1342 that 2 met Helen, my wife. She was born in 2ndia, a daughter of Presbyterian missionaries and had attended well-known boarding schools in 2ndia for all her schooling. 1ith the start of 1orld 1ar 22, she and her family left 2ndia in 1342, traveling on a troop ship to New Cork where they stayed with her motherFs sister and family. There she met a cousin who inquired about her plans to go to college. 1hen Helen replied that her father had signed her up at a Presbyterian college in Tennessee, her cousin said, JOh, you wouldnFt know anyone there, so why donFt you come with me to NCM 2 could introduce you to lots of people there, for 2 have been there for several years.K During the school year beginning 1342, my junior year at college, 2 was earning money by waiting on tables in the college dining hall.
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