Hugh Bell Ogburn

Background

Ogburn, Hugh Bell was born on July 13, 1923 in Lexington, Virginia, United States. Son of Sihon Cicero Junior and Bettie Mae (Bell) Ogburn.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Princeton University, 1944; Master of Science, Princeton University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1954.

Career

Section director research and development department Atlantic Refining Company, Philadelphia, 1950—1961. Manager process engineering M.W. Kellogg Company, New York City, London, 1961—1967. Director research and engineering Union Carbide Corporation, New York City, 1967—1969.

Director new business development Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, 1969—1972. President H.B. Ogburn Associate, Greenwich, Connecticut and Honolulu, from 1971. Vice president, director Incontrade Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, 1973—1978.

Vice president Pacific Resources Inc., Honolulu, 1978—1983. Chairman Pacific Oasis, Los Angeles, 1983—1985. Director Danmore Corporation, Planning Research Corporation.

Consultant Atomic Energy Commission. Professor chemical engineering Drexel University, Philadelphia, 1951-1961.

Membership

President board trustees Woman's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1954-1962, Kapiolani Women's and Children's Medical Center, 1980-1990. Member advisory board Princeton University, 1960-1970. Served to lieutenant junior grade United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, PTO. Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society, Research Engineers Society, Pacific (Honolulu) Club, Greenwich Field (Connecticut) Club, Princeton (New York City) Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Anne Wotherspoon, March 2, 1946 (divorced). Children: Margaret Mathews Berenson, Scott A. Married Nancy Wrenn Petersen, September 5, 1974.

Father:

Sihon Cicero Ogburn Junior

Mother:

Bettie Mae (Bell) Ogburn

Spouse:

Nancy Wrenn Petersen

Spouse:

Anne Wotherspoon

child:

Scott A. Ogburn

child:

Margaret Mathews Berenson Ogburn