Background
Hugh, John Laurence Mc was born on November 24, 1911 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Came to United States, 1946, naturalized, 1958. Son of John and Annie Margaret (Woodward) McHugh.
Hugh, John Laurence Mc was born on November 24, 1911 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Came to United States, 1946, naturalized, 1958. Son of John and Annie Margaret (Woodward) McHugh.
Bachelor, University British Columbia, 1936. Master of Arts, University British Columbia, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University California at Los Angeles, 1950.
Summer science assistant, Fisheries Research Board Canada, 1929-1937;
fishery biologist, Fisheries Research Board Canada, 1938-1941;
research associate, Scripps Institution Oceanography, 1948-1951;
director, Virginia Fisheries Laboratory, Gloucester Point, 1951-1959;
professor marine biology, College William and Mary, 1951-1959;
chairman science committee, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, 1956-1958;
chief division biological research, Bureau Commercial Fisheries, Department Interior, 1959-1963;
assistant director for biological research, Bureau Commercial Fisheries, Department Interior, 1963-1966;
deputy director bureau, Bureau Commercial Fisheries, Department Interior, 1966-1970;
acting director, Office Marine Resources, 1968-1970;
head, National Science Foundation Office for International Decade Ocean Exploration, 1970;
professor marine resources, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1970-1982;
professor emeritus, State University of New York-Stony Brook, since 1982. United States commissioner Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, 1960-1970, secretary commission, 1960-1961, 67-68, secretary United States section, 1961-1967, head United States delegate, 1967-1970. Deputy United States commissioner International Whaling Commission, 1961-1967, commissioner, 1967-1973, vice chairman, 1968-1971, chairman, 1971-1972.
Member United States national committee International Biological Program, 1968-1970. Advising committee marine resources research to director-general Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), 1967-1971. Member United States delegations to international science, fishery meetings, 1959-1972, National Research Council, 1963-1969.
Member commission on international marine science affairs policy, ocean affairs board National Academy Sciences-National Academy Engineering, 1971-1974, com.on aquatic food resources, food and nutrition board, 1973-1974, vice chairman, 1973. Member blue ribbon panel to review federal programs on continentalshelf. Office Science and Technology, Executive Office President, 1971.
Chairman selectcom. to review Eastern Pacific Oceanic Conference, Scripps Institution Oceanography, 1972. Member steering committee, chairman panel on fisheries, chairman working group on information needs for effective management Coastal Zone workshop Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1971-1972. Honorary member Whaling Museum Society, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1972-1976.
Secretary International Marine Archives, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1973-1978. Consultant to National Council Marine Resources and Engineering Development, 1970-1971, Smithsonian Institution, 1970-1972, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1971-1973, Riverside Research Institute, New York City, 1971-1972, Town of Islip, New York, 1974-1978. Member Mid-Atlantic RegionalFishery Management Council, 1976-1979, member science and statistical committee, 1980-1984;member steering committee National Academy Science-National Research Council Panel to Review Fishery Research, 1975-1976.
Served to captain Canadian Army, 1941-1945. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (selection committee, Rosensteil award 1976), American Fisheries Society (Bronze medal, award of excellence 1984), National Shellfisheries Association (citation 1984, honorary member), Virginia Academy of Sciences (past chairman biology section), Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (honorary, past president), American Institute Fishery Research Biologists, National Shellfisheries Association (honorary member), Estuarine Research Federation (honorary member), Sigma Xi, Beta Theta Pi.
Married Sophie Kleban, March 30, 1979. Children by previous marriage– Peter Chadwick, Heather, Jan Margaret.