Background
Hughes, Robert King was born on July 8, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles A. and Mary E. (Robertson) Hughes.
Hughes, Robert King was born on July 8, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles A. and Mary E. (Robertson) Hughes.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Citadel, 1958. Master of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Oklahoma State University, 1973.
Commissioned officer United States Army, advanced through grades to colonel, 1980, combat engineer troop units, 1958—1964. Area engineer Sondestrom, Greenland, 1964—1965. Assistant Army attache Indonesia, 1967.
Assistant division engineer 101st Airborne Division, Hue, Vietnam, 1969—1970. Deputy director Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1973—1976. Assistant director military programs Office Chief Engineers, Washington, 1979—1980.
District engineer United States Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1980—1983. Head School Civil Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, since 1983. Board directors United Way, Wilmington, 1980—1983.
Chairman Combined Federal Campaign, Greater Cape Fear area, 1980—1983. Colonel C.E. United States Army, 1958-1983.
Served to colonel, Civil Engineer, United States Army, 1958-1983. Member National Society of Professional Engineers, Oklahoma Society Professional Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Society American Military Engineers, Association United States Army. Lodge: Lions.
Married Glenna Bennett, August 9, 1973. Children: Robert K., Kathryn L., Tonya R. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, The Citadel, 1958.