Robert ‘Bob’ Lee Hughes

Robert ‘Bob’ Lee Hughes, Denton, Professor Emeritus of English who worked at UNT from 1962 to 1992, died Sept. 24. He taught in the Honors Program and served as director of basic courses, where he mentored teaching fellows in the English department, until his retirement. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1953 after two interruptions for year-long tours of duty in the U.S. Marine Corps, first in the Marine Reserves and then as a sergeant in combat in Korea. He completed his master’s at Oklahoma University in 1956. He taught for two years at Emporia State, then for four years he was both a full-time instructor and a doctoral student at the University of Missouri, where he earned his Ph.D.

Robert ‘Bob’ Lee Hughes, Denton, Professor Emeritus of English who worked at UNT from 1962 to 1992, died Sept. 24. He taught in the Honors Program and served as director of basic courses, where he mentored teaching fellows in the English department, until his retirement. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1953 after two interruptions for year-long tours of duty in the U.S. Marine Corps, first in the Marine Reserves and then as a sergeant in combat in Korea. He completed his master’s at Oklahoma University in 1956. He taught for two years at Emporia State, then for four years he was both a full-time instructor and a doctoral student at the University of Missouri, where he earned his Ph.D.