Background
Hughes, Donald James was born on April 2, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William and Anna (Johnson) Hughes.
Hughes, Donald James was born on April 2, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William and Anna (Johnson) Hughes.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1936, Doctor of Philosophy, 1940.
Instructor University Chicago, 1940-1943. Member cosmic ray expedition, South America, 1941. Section chief Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 1942-1943.
Staff Manhattan Project, 1943-1945.
Division director Argonne National Laboratory, 1945-1949. Senior physicist Brookhaven National Laboratory, since 1949, member nuclear cross sections advisory group, also chairman, 1950-1952.
Fulbright professor Oxford, Cambridge universities, 1953-1954. Lecturer United States Information Service, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Holland, 1954-1956.
Loeb lecturer Harvard, 1955.
Chairman Atoms for Peace Meeting, Geneva, 1955.
Fellow American Physical Society. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Franklin Institute, Federation American Scientists (chairman 1955-1956), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Married Emily Peterson, August 6, 1943 divorced, January 1957). Married 3d, Valerie Turner, February 15, 1957. Children: Bonita, Carolyn.