Background
Higgs, Robert Hughes was born on July 29, 1932 in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Son of Edward Harrison and Harriet Natalie (Havener) Higgs.
Higgs, Robert Hughes was born on July 29, 1932 in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Son of Edward Harrison and Harriet Natalie (Havener) Higgs.
Bachelor of Science in Geology and Mineralogy, Pennsylvania State University, 1954; postgraduate, U. Arizona, 1957-1958.
Geophysicist, Naval Oceanographic Office, Suitland, Maryland., 1958-1963; head marine branch magnetics, Naval Oceanographic Office, Suitland, Maryland., 1963-1974; director geomagnetics division, Naval Oceanographic Office, Suitland, Maryland., 1974-1976; director hydrographic department, Naval Oceanographic Office, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1976-1987; director geophysical department, Naval Oceanographic Office, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1987; science and technical director, Naval Oceanographic Office, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1987; retired, 1987. Geophysict and management consultant, Pearl River, Louisiana, 1987-1990.
President, Chairman, Board Of Directors Croom Acres Association, Inc., Upper Marlboro, Maryland., 1974-1977. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1954-1957. Member American Geophysical Union (sessions chairman), Society Exploration Geophysics(member of national magnetic anomaly map committee, North America magnetic anomaly map committee), Geological Society American, Sigma Xi (vice president local chapter).
Married Marcia Jane Buchanan, November 28, 1958. Children: Katherine, Steven, Lori.