Raymond Hughes

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Dr. Raymond Mollyneaux Hughes (1873 – 1958) was the 8th president of ISU. Born in Atlantic, Iowa and grew up in southwestern Ohio.

[edit] Education

  • Miami University
  • M.S. Ohio State University 1897
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Honorary doctorate from Miami University 1927
  • Honorary doctorate from Coe College 1928
  • Honorary doctorate from Iowa State University 1936

[edit] Achievement

  • Professor of physics and chemistry at Miami University from 1898 to 1904
  • Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Miami University from 1908 to 1911
  • President of Miami University from 1911 to 1927
  • 8th ISU president from 1927 to 1936
  • Retired in 1936; continued research and teaching in Ames

Hughes married his 1st wife Ella Rogers in 1908 and after her death in 1933 he then married Helen Richardson Isardi in 1938.

[edit] References

  • Raymond M. Hughes Papers, RS 02/08, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.
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