STEPHENS JACKSON Of Potomac, MD, formerly of Albuquerque, NM, and Covina, CA, Passed on August 13, 2011. Beloved husband of the late Anne Schoonover Crosby, he will be greatly missed by daughters Madeline A. Crosby ("Lynn") of Lincoln, MA, and Magara Lee Crosby ("Gale") of Duarte, CA, son Stephens J. Crosby, Jr. ("Jay") and daughter-in-law Kelly Crosby of Potomac, MD, sister Magara Crosby Finn of Columbus, NC, and grandchildren Lara, Liese, Troy, Patrick and Kimberly. Born on January 29, 1932, in Orange, NJ, to Lemuel Stephens Crosby and Magara Goddin Waldron, Steve grew up in Towaco, NJ. While attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he met his future wife, Anne Doyle Schoonover, a Wellesley student. Steve obtained his B.M.E. at age 20 and his M.M.E. at age 21, both from MIT. After a move to Ohio, Steve served three years active duty in the Air Force at the Propulsion Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. In 1956 the family moved to Covina, CA, where Steve worked at Aerojet General and Space General, and Anne became a first grade teacher. In 1967 Steve joined the Central Intelligence Agency, initially serving in the Directorate of Science and Technology; in 1971 Steve, Anne, and Jay moved to Potomac, MD. Steve had a distinguished 25-year career at the CIA, serving in many positions, including as Deputy Director of two different major collection programs and as Deputy Director of the Program and Budget Office. In his final assignment as Deputy Chief of the Arms Control Intelligence Staff, Steve met a long-standing personal ambition by becoming involved in arms control and disarmament, participating in the substantial reassessment necessitated by the demise of the former Soviet Union. Steve received numerous medals from the CIA, including the CIA Citation Intelligence Medal of Merit for his career of service; he was the first recipient of the Strategic Arms Control Intelligence Staff Medallion. Steve and Anne retired to Albuquerque, NM, in 1992, where Steve pursued his hobby of woodworking, played tennis and volleyball, and participated as a volunteer in the VITA income tax preparation service for low-income and elderly taxpayers. Together, Anne and Steve studied Spanish and fulfilled their dreams to travel to Spain and Ireland. Charitable donations honoring Steve may be made to the Roadrunner Food Bank, 5840 Office Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 (www.rrfb.org).
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