Background
Hugh M. Milton II was born in 1897.
Hugh M. Milton II was born in 1897.
He was educated at the University of Kentucky, receiving a bachelor"s degree and then a master"s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He joined the faculty of New Mexico State University as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1924. Two years later he was named Dean of Engineering. He became President of New Mexico State University in 1938.
With the United States" entry into World World War II, in 1941, Milton was recalled to the United States Army with the rank of Colonel.
He was later promoted to Brigadier General in 1945. In 1947, Milton resumed the presidency of New Mexico State University.
Milton served as Under Secretary of the Army from August 1958 until January 1961. Milton retired from the United States Department of the Army in 1961.
He died at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas on January 27, 1987, at the age of 89.