Monrovia, Sept. 19 -- William V.S. Tubman Jr., son of former President William V.S. Tubman and son-in-law of President William R. Tolbert Jr., has died at 93.

Mr. Tubman was born in 1933, the son of William V.S. Tubman, who served as Liberia's president from 1944 until his death in 1971 - the longest tenure of any Liberian head of state. He was also the son-in-law of his father's successor, President William R. Tolbert Jr., having married Tolbert's daughter, Wokie.

Known widely as "Shad," Tubman became a public figure in his own right early in life. In the 1950s, his father's influence saw him named head of the country's Congress of Industrial Organizations, and he went on to serve as a senator during both the Tubman and Tolbert adminis...