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Hughes (given Name)
Hughes is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hughes Cleaver (1892–1980), Canadian politician * Hughes Eng (fl. from 1959), Canadian community activist * Hughes Rudd (1921–1992), American television journalist and news correspondent * Hughes Winborne (fl. from 1980), American film editor {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hughes Cleaver
Ellis Hughes Cleaver Jr. (12 September 1892 – 31 October 1980) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Burlington, Ontario and became a lawyer by career. Biography He was called to the bar in 1914 and later elected as Reeve of Burlington in 1918, but resigned in order to serve with the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion towards the end of World War I. He was elected as Burlington's Mayor in 1920. He was first elected to Parliament at the Halton riding in the 1935 general election, running as a Liberal-Progressive candidate but later allying with the Liberals. He was afterwards re-elected under the Liberal banner for successive terms in 1940, 1945 and 1949. He specialized in committee work during his time there, and served as Chairman of the Banking and Commerce Committee for ten years, of the War Expenditures Committee for two years, as well as of the Government-owned Railway and TCA Committee. Cleaver left the House of Commons after com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hughes Eng
Hughes Eng, O. Ont, is a community activist in the Chinese community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Eng immigrated to Canada from China during the period of the Chinese Exclusion Act, an experience that lead to his role in getting compensation from the Government of Canada. After graduating from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (1959) with a degree in Printing Management, he worked at the University of Toronto Press for 28 years and retired in 1987. He has been Vice-Chair of the Board of the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto (1991) and Co-Chair of the National Congress of Chinese Canadians, as well as: * Vice-Chair of the Canadian Liver Foundation, 1989 to 1995 * Chair of the Confederation of the Toronto Chinese Canadian Organizations, 1994 to 1998 * Member of the Chinese-Canadian Advisory Committee under the Community Historical Recognition Program 2008–present In 2006 Eng was awarded the Order of Ontario for being the founding director of both the National Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hughes Rudd
Hughes Day Rudd (September 14, 1921 in Waco, Texas – October 13, 1992 in Toulouse, France) was a television journalist and CBS News and ABC News (United States), ABC News correspondent. Rudd was known for his folksy style, gravelly voice, and unimposing sense of humor, often ending his newscasts with human interest stories that sometimes made him break into a chuckle on camera. Known life and career College years and wartime Army service Rudd attended the University of Missouri from 1938 to 1941 where he was a member of the Missouri Alpha chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon before enlisting in the U.S. Army during World War II. Flying Piper J-3 Cub, Piper Cubs as an artillery spotter pilot in Africa and Europe, Rudd earned a Purple Heart, six Air Medals and a Silver Star. News career Print journalism beginnings Following World War II, Rudd began his journalism career writing for several newspapers, including the ''Kansas City Star'', the ''Minneapolis Tribune'' and the ''Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
