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History: Donald E. Hughes, 71, GE engineer for 42 years
radsafe'ers,
The following extract is from an item that was
in the March 1, 2001 issue of the San Jose
Mercury News:
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Donald E. Hughes, 71,
GE engineer for 42 years
...
By Dennis Knight
Mercury News
Donald E. Hughes, while a teenager attending
San Jose's Lincoln High School in the 1940s,
was infatuated with mechanics--a fascination
apparent to anyone visiting his family's
garage that was often littered with engine parts
from his beloved Model A Ford coupe.
Mr. Hughes pursued his interest in mechanics
at California Polytechnic State University-San
Luis Obispo, where he graduated from the
mechanical engineering department with a
bachelor's degree in 1952.
After graduation, Mr. Hughes landed a job with
General Electric Co., where he worked for 42
years.
Mr. Hughes, a longtime San Jose [, California,
USA] resident and nuclear engineer, died of
cancer Feb[ruary 17, 2001] in Los Gatos. He
was 71.
...
His first job for GE was an engineering program
assignment in the jet engine department in
Cincinnati [, Ohio, USA]. The move to Ohio was
a big one for Mr. Hughes who departed from his
automotive tradition of owning Fords and bought
a Studebaker.
...
Mr. Hughes and his wife, Diane, whom he married
in 1953, moved to Schenectady, N.Y. He worked at
the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.
Mr. Hughes returned to San Jose in the mid-'50s
when GE transferred its commercial nuclear
energy business there. He had assignments at the
Vallecitos Atomic Laboratory in Pleasanton and
the Atomic Power Equipment Department in San
Jose.
Mr. Hughes' career with GE took him to Europe and
Asia and included a four-year stint in Tokyo
[, Japan.]
...
After retiring from GE in 1994, Mr. Hughes enjoyed
his gardening projects. ...
[Note: Center Bar and Photo in original article.]
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