Stanley John Hughes

Background

Hughes, Stanley John was born on September 17, 1918 in Llanelli, S. Wales. Son of John Thomas and Gertrude (Roberts) Hughes. emigrated to Canada, 1952, naturalized, 1967.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, U. Wales, Aberystwyth, 1941; Master of Science, U. Wales, Aberystwyth, 1943; Doctor of Science, University Wales, Aberystwyth, 1954.

Career

Assistant to advisory mycologist, National Agricultural Advisory Ser. U. Wales, 1941-1945; assistant mycologist, Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, England, 1945-1952; mycologist, Research branch Agriculture Canada Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, 1952-1958; senior mycologist, Research branch Agriculture Canada Central Experimental Farm, 1958-1962; principal mycologist, Research branch Agriculture Canada Central Experimental Farm (Center for Land and Biological Resources Research, 1962-1983; honorary research associate, since 1983. Senior research fellow New Zealand Department Science and Industrial Research, 1963;Exchange scientist National Research Councils of Canada and Brazil, 1974.

Achievements

• Stanley John Hughes has been listed as a noteworthy Mycologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Canada, Linnean Society London (foreign member). Member Mycological Society American (president 1975. Distinguished mycologist award 1985).

British Mycological Society (foreign vice-president and honorary member 1987), International Mycological Association (Vice-President 1977-1983).

Connections

Married Lyndell Anne Rutherford, October 11, 1958. Children— Robert Conway, Glenys Anne, David Stanley.

Father:

John Thomas Hughes

Mother:

Gertrude (Roberts) Hughes

Spouse:

Lyndell Anne Rutherford