[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1620]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO PAUL EDWARD HUGHES

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 26, 2005

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Paul Edward 
``Ed'' Hughes who died Sunday, July 17, 2005, at his home in Sunset 
Beach, North Carolina.
  Mr. Hughes, who retired to Sunset Beach in 1992, was serving his 
third term on the Sunset Beach City Council. He was born in Pennsboro, 
West Virginia in 1926 to John and Mary Hughes, and grew up in 
Baltimore, Maryland. Ed served in the Army Air Corps during the Second 
World War and later graduated from Loyola College, where he was named 
an All-American in lacrosse, playing on the All-South team in 1948 and 
1949. He later received his master's degree from the University of 
Pennsylvania.
  Ed Hughes moved to Wilmington, Delaware in 1958, where he taught at 
Tower Hill School for 34 years, chaired the History Department and 
served as Dean. Over the course of his tenure he introduced 
anthropology to the school curriculum and headed the summer school 
program. He wrote a book about his founding of the Junior Humanities 
program for gifted inner-city students, a model project for which he 
received the Hollingworth Award. He was a head basketball coach for 14 
years, coached football, and started the golf team.
  Ed Hughes was a candidate for President of the City Council in 
Wilmington, Delaware and chaired the Republican City Committee. He was 
a frequent lecturer on current events and world affairs at Crosslands 
in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania and was a longtime manager of the 
Hagley Museum on the Brandywine River. He was a devoted husband, a 
proud father of five, a golfer, and in later life, a painter. He loved 
crossword puzzles, his golfing buddies and a good steak.
  Ed Hughes is survived by his wife of 54 years, Jody Hughes, his 
daughters Mary and K.C. Halpern, his sons Paul, John and Mark, as well 
as seven grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, I had the pleasure of knowing Ed Hughes. He was a gentle 
man with a superb intellect and a wonderful wit. He was a man who was 
content with his life and achievements, most of all his magnificent 
children and theirs. Ed Hughes loved his family, his community and his 
country. I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the life and works 
of this good man and in extending to his wife and entire family our 
most sincere sympathy.

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