Raymond M. Hughes
Dr. Raymond Mollyneaux Hughes (1873–1958) was the 8th president of ISU. Born in Atlantic, Iowa and grew up in southwestern Ohio.
Education:
- Miami University
- M.S. Ohio State University 1897
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Honorary doctorate from Miami University 1927
- Honorary doctorate from Coe College 1928
- Honorary doctorate from Iowa State University 1936
Achievement:
- Professor of physics and chemistry at Miami University from 1898 to 1904
- Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Miami University from 1908 to 1911
- President of Miami University from 1911 to 1927
- 8th ISU president from 1927 to 1936
- Retired in 1936; continued research and teaching in Ames
Hughes married his 1st wife Ella Rogers in 1908 and after her death in 1933 he then married Helen Richardson Idsardi in 1938.
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“Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.”
—Langston Hughes (1902–1967)