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William J. Hughes
William John "Bill" Hughes (born October 17, 1932) served as a Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1995, representing New Jersey’s Second Congressional District which includes major portions of the Jersey Shore and Pine Barrens, the cities of Vineland and Atlantic City, and the counties of Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, Cape May and part of Gloucester. After retiring from Congress in 1995, Hughes was appointed by President Bill Clinton as United States Ambassador to Panama, a post he held until October, 1998 leading up to the historic turnover of the Panama Canal to Panamanian control.
During his tenure in Congress, Hughes was a member of the House Judiciary Committee, where he chaired the Subcommittee on Crime (1981–1990) and the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration (1991–1994). Hughes also served on the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, which had jurisdiction over numerous issues of importance to his coastal district. Hughes was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1986 to conduct impeachment proceedings against District Court Judge Harry E. Claiborne of Nevada. Before being elected to Congress, Hughes served for 10 years as First Assistant Prosecutor in Cape May County 1960-70. His Congressional Papers are housed at the Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives.〔http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/special_collections/william_j_hughes_room〕
==Personal history==
Hughes is a native and lifelong resident of southern New Jersey and graduated from Penns Grove High School in 1950.〔Cronin, Steven; and Shopes, Richard. ("REP. (WILLIAM J.) HUGHES CALLS IT QUITS ELECTED 10 TIMES TO SERVE THE 2ND DISTRICT" ), ''The Press of Atlantic City'', January 25, 1994. Accessed June 26, 2011. "Hughes was born in Salem and graduated from Penns Grove Regional High School."〕〔Dunn, Phil. ("Voices surfacing urging Penns Grove Middle School be renovated, not razed" ), ''Today's Sunbeam'', January 15, 2011. Accessed June 26, 2011. "Many graduates of the school have gone on to positions of prominence on a national level, notably: Longtime U.S. Congressman and Ambassador to Panama William J. Hughes, actor Bruce Willis, and Olympic athletes Dave Romansky and Don Bragg."〕 He attended Rutgers University, graduating in 1955 and earned his law degree from Rutgers Law School in 1958. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1959 and commenced practice in Ocean City; served as township solicitor for Upper Township, N.J., 1959–1961; appointed assistant prosecutor for Cape May County, N.J., 1960; reappointed as first assistant prosecutor in 1961 and served until the spring of 1970;〔(William J. Hughes ), ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed June 26, 2011.〕 appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court to the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, 1972.. Prior to his election to Congress in 1974, Hughes was President of the law firm of Loveland, Hughes and Garrett in Ocean City, N.J. Hughes was married in 1956 to the former Nancy L. Gibson of Moorestown, N.J. The couple has four children: Nancy Lynne, Barbara Ann Sullivan, Tama Beth and William J., Jr., and nine grandchildren. They have made their home in Ocean City, N.J. since 1961, where they are members of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.
Following his return from Panama, Hughes taught for several years at Stockton State College in Pomona, New Jersey. He remains a Visiting Distinguished Scholar of Public Policy there. His work at Stockton led to the founding of a Public Policy Center which in 2008 was named the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy. Hughes has also received honorary degrees from Rutgers University, Glassboro State (now Rowan University), Stockton College, Mount Vernon College for Women, Cumberland County College and Atlantic Cape Community College. In 1997, he was inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni.
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