Background
Hugghins, Ernest Jay was born on December 25, 1920 in Bryan, Texas, United States. Son of Ernest Clarence and Dua (Harris) Hugghins.
Hugghins, Ernest Jay was born on December 25, 1920 in Bryan, Texas, United States. Son of Ernest Clarence and Dua (Harris) Hugghins.
Bachelor of Arts, Baylor University, 1943; Master of Science, Texas A. and M. U., 1949; postgraduate, University of Michigan Biological Station, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Doctor of Philosophy (National Institutes of Health Research fellow), University of Illinois, 1952.
Faculty, South Dakot State University, Brookings, since 1952;
professor zoology, South Dakot State University, 1961-1985;
professor emeritus, South Dakot State University, since 1985;
head biology department, South Dakot State University, 1981-1985. Zoologist Agricultural Experimental Station, since 1954. Visiting professor U. Oklahoma Biological Station, 1960.
Fulbright professor Universidad Villareal, Lima, Peru, 1967. Professor Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station, summers 1972, 73. Consultant 1st International Congress Parasitology, Office Naval Research, Rome, Italy, 1964.
Participant North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advanced Study Institute on Animal Learning, near Ulm, West Germany, 1976. Sabbatical to, Kenya, 1981.
President, board directors Brookings Cmty.-University Concert Series, 1970-1971. Board directors Brookings United Charities, 1969-1970. Member administrative board United Methodist Church, 1974-1977.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (council representative 1967-1974, life member). Member American Society Parasitologists (council representative from Midwestern Conference Parasitologists 1964-1967), Helminthological Society Washington, American Micros. Society, American Society Zoologists, American Institute Biological Sciences, Wildlife Society, Wildlife Disease Association, American Society Mammalogists, South Dakota Academy of Sciences (president 1960-1961), Brookings Area Retired Teachers Association (president 1988-1989), South Dakota State University Association Retired Faculty (president 1989-1990), Fulbright Alumni Assn (life member), Retired Officers Association (life member), Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce, American Association Retired Persons, Kiwanis (board directors 1974-1976, president 1992-1993), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Mildred K. Shields, August 12, 1952. Children– Susan Jane, Arley Jay, Mildred Kay.