Edward William Hughes Jr. ’45

Bill died Aug. 26, 2005, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Miss.

Bill entered Princeton from Woodberry Forest and joined Campus Club. His education was interrupted by service with Army intelligence in the Pacific theater as a Chinese interpreter. He saw combat in Leyte and Manila, and ended up in Tokyo.

Returning to Princeton, Bill received a degree in economics cum laude in 1947 and joined the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. in its Jackson, Miss., office. Bill had a long and successful career in insurance and was selected to the American College of Life Underwriters. He was active in community organizations, including Rotary, Kiwanis, and the Madison Chamber of Commerce. He also was an active member of the Episcopal Church.

Bill was predeceased by his first wife, the former Margaret Anderson, and is survived by his wife, Eleanor; his daughters, Mary Willis, Dorothy Patterson, and Brenda Haynes; and eight grandchildren. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1945