Former Ambassador and U.S. Rep. Hughes Donates Collection to Stockton College
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Former Congressman and Ambassador William Hughes (left center) and Dr. Herman Saatkamp, president of Stockton College, cut the ribbon on the new collection of memoriablia donated by Hughes on May 2.
State Senator James Whelan (left) with William and his wife Nancy Hughes.
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Former U.S. Rep. and U.S. Ambassador William J. Hughes has donated 11 crates of political papers and memorabilia to the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey branch that bears his name — the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy.
The collection was dedicated at the college on Wednesday, May 2, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony that included friends, colleagues, dignitaries and invited guests. The collection includes photos, letters, plaques, declassified political documents, and several presidential pens used to sign bills sponsored by Hughes. Among the plaques is one commemorating the 1978 groundbreaking of what is now called the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Egg Harbor Township.
Saatkamp and Hughes
Hughes was named Ambassador to Panama by President Bill Clinton in 1995 after serving two decades as a Democratic congressman under five different presidents. The letters and documents in the collection will eventually be digitized and made available for public viewing and research.
The Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton presents “The Jersey Sting” as its next lecture series presentation on Tuesday, March 29, 6pm, in the Elizabeth B. Alton Auditorium.