Lambda Chi Alpha, serving on the Grand High Zeta from 1968 to 1976 and as a director of the Educational Foundation Board from 1977 to 1996 (and as its chairman from 1985 to 1989). The fraternity awarded Rubottom its Order of Achievement in 1988. After over 40 years living in Dallas, the Rubottoms moved to Austin in 2006. Rubottom's wife, Billy Ruth, died on January 4, 2008. Roy Richard Rubottom died on December 6, 2010 in Austin, Texas. Publications by Roy R. Rubottom Jr. Roy R. Rubottom, Jr., "Communism in the Americas", Department of State Bulletin, Feb. 3, 1958. Roy R. Rubottom Jr., "Toward Better Understanding between United States and Latin America," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 330, Whither American Foreign Policy? (Jul. 1960), pp. 116–123. Roy R. Rubottom Jr., "The Goals of United States Policy in Latin America", Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 342, American Foreign Policy Challenged (Jul., 1962), pp. 30–41. Photographs of Roy R. Rubottom Jr. From Getty Images From Life magazine References 1912 births 2010 deaths United States Assistant Secretaries of State Writers from Texas People from Brownwood, Texas Southern Methodist University alumni University of Texas at Austin people United States Navy officers Naval War College faculty Ambassadors of the United States to Argentina United States Foreign Service personnel 20th-century American diplomats Military personnel from Texas