1941
Dr. Hughes is born in Portland, Oregon to John Kenneth Hughes and Gwladys Hughes.
1962
Dr. Hughes receives a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University.
1965
Dr. Hughes receives a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard University.
1967
Dr. Hughes becomes a Latin American teaching fellow of the International Legal Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1970
Dr. Hughes becomes an attorney for the Urban Law Institute in Washington, D.C.
1971
Dr. Hughes is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and becomes legislative counsel for the Office of Senator Vance Hartke in Washington, D.C.
1973
Dr. Hughes becomes an analyst for the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress.
1976
Dr. Hughes receives a Doctor of Philosophy from Washington University.
1977
Dr. Hughes becomes a senior economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress.
1979
Dr. Hughes authors “Trade, Taxes, Transnationals.”
1983
Dr. Hughes becomes policy/legislative director of the Office of Senator Gary Hart.
1985
Dr. Hughes becomes staff director of the trade subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
1987
Dr. Hughes becomes chief economist of the Democratic Policy Committee of the U.S. Senate.
1990
Dr. Hughes is appointed president of the Council on Competitiveness.
1993
Dr. Hughes becomes associate deputy secretary of commerce in the U.S. Department of Commerce.
1999
Dr. Hughes becomes a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
2000
Dr. Hughes becomes program director of American and global economy at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
2005
Dr. Hughes authors “Building the Next American Century.”
2010
Dr. Hughes joins the executive advisory board of FIRST Robotics.
2013
Dr. Hughes becomes a public policy fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.