Background
Chubb, Thomas Caldecot was born on November 1, 1899 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Hendon and Alice Margaret (Lee) Chubb.
Chubb, Thomas Caldecot was born on November 1, 1899 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Hendon and Alice Margaret (Lee) Chubb.
Preparatory education, Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1913-1918. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1922.
Connected in editorial capacity with various magazines, 1923-1924. With the New York Times, 1925-1929.
Served with United States Naval Reserves, 1918. Member Merritt Parkway Commission, 1955-1959, secretary, 1957-1959. Member Connecticut Commision on the Arts, from 1965.
Winner John Masefield prize, 1920, Albert Stanborough Cook prize, 1921 (both Yale University).
Trustee Chubb Foundation, Victoria Foundation, Incorporated, Rosemary Hall Foundation, Incorporated., Yale Library Associates, director of the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, 1947-1950. Member Greenwich Board Estimate and Taxation, 1960-1964.
Member Greenwich Democratic Town Committee, 1953-1964. Member Democratic National Finance Committee, 1960.
Fellow of Timothy Dwight College, Yale University.
Fellow American Geography Society. Member Poetry Society American (Executive Board 1956), Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Indian Harbor Yacht, Royal Bermuda Yacht, Belle Haven, Beachton Yacht, Florida-Georgia Field Trial.
Married second, Caroline Parker Smith, June 22, 1929 (deceased). Children: Russell Parsons, Mary Alice Victoria (Mistress Gerald Wolsfelt), Rosamond Caldecot (Mistress Hillyer M. Young).