Fred G Hughes
| Fred G. Hughes | |
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| Born | August 16, 1915 |
| Died | October 7, 1996 (aged 81) Joplin, Missouri, United States |
| Monuments | Fred G. Hughes Stadium at Missouri Southern State University |
| Education | Juris Doctor University of Missouri School of Law |
| Alma mater | University of Missouri |
| Occupation | FBI agent · president and chairman of the board of The Joplin Globe newspaper · philanthropist |
| Board member of | Board of Regents Missouri Southern State University (1965-1981), Board of Trustees Missouri Southern State University (1964-1986) |
| Spouse(s) | Rebekah Harris Blair (m. 1942 - 1996, his death) |
| Children | Sarah Elizabeth Hughes, Mary Janes Hughes |
Fred G. Hughes (August 16, 1915 – October 7, 1996) was an American FBI agent, president and chairman of the board of The Joplin Globe, philanthropist, and one of the founders of Missouri Southern State University. He was a resident of Joplin, Missouri and was married to the former Rebekah Harris Blair.
Hughes was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan and graduated in 1939 with A.B and J.D. degrees from the University of Missouri. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and was selected as one of the Mystical Seven, a senior men's honorary.
In 1942, he married Rebekah Harris Blair and had two daughters, Sarah Elizabeth Hughes and Mary Jane Hughes.
Hughes practiced law in Joplin for a short period prior to World War II. During the war, he served for five years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation at offices in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At the time of his resignation from the Bureau in 1946, he was the senior agent in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Returning to Joplin, Missouri following his service in the FBI, he became associated with The Joplin Globe newspaper. Over a forty-year period, Hughes served in various management positions at the paper. At the time of his retirement in 1985, he was president and chairman of the board.
Hughes guided the paper through the period when newspaper production advanced from stereotyping and the hot metal process to the use of computers and photocomposition. He was a member of the board and served as president of the Inland Daily Press Association in Chicago, Illinois.
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