Background
Hughes, Thomas Lowe was born on December 11, 1925 in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. Son of Evan Raymond and Alice (Lowe) Hughes.
Hughes, Thomas Lowe was born on December 11, 1925 in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. Son of Evan Raymond and Alice (Lowe) Hughes.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Carleton College, 1947. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Carleton College, 1974. Bachelor of Philosophy and Master of Arts in Politics (Rhodes scholar), Balliol College, Oxford University, England, 1949.
Bachelor of Laws, Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1952. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Washington College, 1973. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Denison University, 1980.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Florida International University, 1986. HHD (honorary), Washington and Jefferson College, 1979.
Professional staff member, United States Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Labor-Management Relations, Committee on Laborand Public Welfare, 1951-1952;
associate professor political science and international relations, University of Southern California, 1953;
associate professor political science and international relations, Trinity College, Texas, 1954;
associate professor political science and international relations, George Washington University, 1957-1958;
executive secretary to, governor of Connecticut, 1954-1955;
legislation counsel, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, 1955-1958;
administrative assistant, United States Republican Chester Bowles, 1959-1960;
special assistant to under secretary state, Department State, 1961;
deputy director intelligence and research, Department State, 1961-1963;
director intelligence and research with rank of assistant secretary state, Department State, 1963-1969;
minister, deputy chief mission, American embassy, London, 1969-1970;
planning and coordination staff, Department State, 1970-1971;
president, trustee, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1971-1991;
president emeritus, honorary trustee, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, since 1991. Former chairman nuclear proliferation and safeguards advisory panel Office Technology Assessment, Congress United States.
Co-chairman Council P.R.-United States Affairs. International advisory board Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Volunteer Kibbutz Ein Hashofet, Israel, 1950. Trustee, secretary German Marshall Fund United States, 1972-1982. Trustee American Institute Contemporary German Studies.
Trustee American Academy in Berlin. Board directors Arms Control Association. Member Trilateral Commission, 1973-1983.
Former Board of Governors Ditchley Foundation, England. Visiting committee Center for International Studies, Harvard University, 1971-1976. Board visitors School Foreign Svc., Georgetown University.
Member of advisory county Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. Member of advisory board Fundacion Luis Munoz Marin, San Juan, P.R. Chairman United States-United Kingdom Bicentennial Fellowships Committee on Arts, 1975-1978.
Trustee Social Science Foundation, U. Denver. Member of advisory committee Hubert H. Humphrey Institute Public Affairs University of Minnesota. Staff director platform committee Democratic National Convention, 1960.
Served to major Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Air Force, 1952-1954. Member Institut International de Geopolitique Paris, New York Council Foreign Rels., Institute Current World Affairs (trustee), International Institute Strategic Studies London (trustee American committee), American Academy Diplomacy, American Association RhodesScholars, Washington Institute Foreign Affairs (vice president, member Executive Committee), Atlantic Council United States (board directors, member Executive Committee), Oxford-Cambridge Assn.Washington (former chairman), Women's Foreign Policy Group (member of advisory county), New England History Genealogical Society, Scottish Genealogy Society, Society Mayflower Descendants, Mid-Atlantic Club (chairman), Cosmos Club (chairman advisory bd.jour.), Century Association (New York City), Oxford (England) Union, Knight of St. John (Johanniterorden, Bailey Brandenburg), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Jean Hurlburt Reiman, May 7, 1955 (deceased December 1993). Children: Thomas Evan, Allan Cameron. Married Jane Dudley Casey Kuczynski, November 25, 1995.