William Hughes:
CLASS OF 1948
Central High SchoolClass of 1948
Omaha, NE
William's Story
From Stanford I received an AB in '52 and MBA in '54. During the next two years in the army, I turned down an opportunity to play baseball throughout Europe for a year in exchange for a job as an accountant/concierge in a hotel in Paris used by the top army officers in Europe. After that I taught high school in San Jose for 27 years and coached baseball at many levels with lots of championships until I reached 75. However, my best team record-wise was composed mostly of Central players. We won the state championship. My most famous player in later years was Jim Plunkett, super bowl MVP. He was also a good baseball player. I started 4 small businesses: one was a swim school where I taught 2 Olympic champions how to swim. Later, they starred in "O", the top show in Las Vegas, for years. I also f...Expand for more
ounded 4 organizations: a neighborhood association, BCAC, in '73, which has produced many elected officials, including the last 2 San Jose mayors; United Neighborhoods of Santa Clara County, an umbrella organization for neighborhood organizations in our county, the Berryessa-Milpitas Republican Assembly, and the Berryessa Business Association. I was also involved in the writing of a state initiative requiring a fairly chosen Redistricting Commission for drawing the lines for future state elections. BCAC is now busy giving testimony for drawing the lines for the city, county, water district, state, and congess. I am married to Gervaise and have 3 children and 9 grandchildren. All have been involved in athletics, and almost all have been good students.
My wife and I have been in every state.
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