Dr. Charles Campbell Hughes, professor, Department of Anthropology, and director of several graduate programs in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah Medical Center, died Monday, August 25, 1997.
He is survived by his loving wife and friend, Leslie Ann Hughes; his son, John Charles Campbell (and his wife, Julia); his daughter,Calisse Marie, and the family's Basset hound, Brogan.Born January 26, 1929 in Salmon, Idaho, Dr. Hughes lived in several western states during his childhood. He graduated from Harvard College in 1951 and received his Ph.D. in anthropology from Cornell University in 1958. For two years, Dr. Hughes gathered field research for his dissertation on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, where he developed many lifelong friendships among the Eskimos. Dr. Hughes also conducted postgraduate research in Nigeria and Nova Scotia. After serving as Director of the African Studies Center at Michigan State University until 1969, Dr. Hughes returned to his beloved mountains where he accepted positions in the Departments of Anthropology and Family and Community Medicine at the University of Utah in 1973.
Besides the decadent Viennese chocolates Leslie baked for him, Dr. Hughes's true joy in his personal life was living his Scottish heritage with his family. At age 51, Dr. Hughes realized a lifelong dreams by learning to play the Scottish bagpipes with John. For the next 15 years, Charles and John were members of the Salt Lake Scots Pipe Band, often accompanying Calisse in her Highland dancing.
Memorial services for Dr. Hughes will be held Saturday, August 30, 1997, at Mountain View Memorial Estates, 3115 East 7800 South, at 11 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to a scholarship fund in Dr. Hughes's name through the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah Medical Center.
Those who knew Dr. Hughes will remember and admire him for his love of learning and ethical treatment of issues and people. But surely it was his wit and affable nature (particularly his rosy cheeks) that endeared him to all.
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