Background
Hughes, James Paul was born on April 9, 1920 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul S. and Sara C. (Coleman) Hughes.
Hughes, James Paul was born on April 9, 1920 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul S. and Sara C. (Coleman) Hughes.
Bachelor of Science, University Pittsburgh, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, University Pittsburgh, 1945. Doctor in Industrial Medicine, University Cincinnati, 1952.
Intern St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1945—1946. Resident in pathology University Hospitals, Cleveland, 1948—1949. Fellow in industrial medicine Kettering Laboratory University Cincinnati, 1949—1951.
Physician The Texas Company, 1951—1952, The Ethyl Corporation, Cincinnati, 1952—1957. Chief Bureau Industrial Health Department Health City of Cincinnati, 1952—1955. Medical director Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Oakland, California, 1957—1982.
Senior partner Hughes-Lewis Associates, 1982—1988. Assistant professor industrial medicine University Cincinnati, 1952—1955. Associate professor preventive medicine Ohio State University, 1955—1957.
Executive vice president, director Kaiser Foundation International, 1967—1976. Project director United States Peace Corps Health projects, 1966—1968, United States Agency for International Development medical relief project, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 1970—1972, Health Services on Bandama River project, Kossou, Côte d’Ivoire, 1970—1972. Vice president health services Kaiser Industries Corporation, 1972—1974.
Clinical associate professor occupational medicine University California, San Francisco, 1979—1996. Medical director occupational health services Merritt Peralta Medical Center, Oakland, 1982—1986. Member hearing board Bay Area Air Quality Management District, California, 1989—1998.
Member University California President's Council on National Laboratories, Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos. Member panel on environment, safety and health, 1993—1998. Served to captain United States Army, 1946-1948.
Chairman committee for Industry Council Tropical Health Harvard University School Public Health, 1969-1976. Served to captain United States Army, 1946-1948. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Occupational and Environmental Medicine (past president, Health Achievement award 1972, Kehoe award 1982, Knudsen award 1996).
Member Institute Medicine/NAS.
Son of and Sara C. (Coleman) Hughes. Married Adelaide C. Mitchell, June 21, 1944. 1 child James Mitchell.