Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1952 Capt. Wayne P. Hughes, Jr. served two years aboard the USS CUSHING (DD-797) as Navigator and DCA. He then served on the staff of COMINRON FOUR before becoming the Executive Officer of the USS SHRIKE (MSC-201) from December 1954 until February 1956. Capt. Hughes then assumed duties as the Commanding Officer of the USS HUMMINGBIRD (MSC-192) until July 1957. After a threeyear tour at the Naval Academy Capt. Hughes was the Operations Officer of the USS ROBERT A. OWENS (DDE- 827) until 1962 when he was transferred to the USS DYESS (DDR-880) as her Executive Officer.     Attending U.S. Naval Postgraduate School In Monterey, California, Capt. Hughes earned a Master's degree in Operations Research in 1964. He then attended Nuclear Power Basic School in Bainbridge, Maryland followed by studies at the Nuclear Power Training Center in West Milton, New York, where he earned his qualification to operate nuclear power plants. In 1965 he returned to the DYESS serving again as her Executive Officer. From August 1966 to August 1968 he assumed duties as ASW Analyst on the Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP- 96). During this time he led the ASW analysis of the successful Major Fleet Escort Study which yielded the DX/DXC Program. Capt. Hughes was Morton’s seventh Commanding Officer, from 8 October 1968 until she was decommissioned for modernization on 28 September 1969. As of November 2002 Captain Hughes is: Dean of the Graduate School of Operational Information and Sciences Naval Post Graduate School Monterey, Ca. Note: This bio was taken from the WestPac 1968-69 cruise book and is therefore missing the years 1970 to 2002.

Wayne P. Hughes       Capt. USN Ret.

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The following letter was recieved by Al Creasy 2 August 2003 Dear Al, Thank you for sending me the newsletters and announcements. I won't make the Morton Reunion.  Life is too full at the Naval Postgraduate School. But if you post this on the Reunion Bulletin Board, I'll be grateful. Morton shipmates will understand why I haven't retired when say working with our students keeps me thinking young. They're mostly Navy lieutenants but also a lot of Marine and Army captains and an increasing number of Air Force officers.     I am Dean of the Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences here. We are the center of campus activity in information sciences and information operations, computer science, special operations, and operations analysis. We have about 500 of the 1400 students in residence. We have a lot more in distance learning programs. I have been honored by having one of the three research institutes named for me. Probably to be called the Wayne Hughes Institute for Modeling and Simulation. Check the algorithm! Someone else may decide on a name that is not so WHIMSical or full of WHIMSy, but I like the name fine!! Best wishes for a good time and many happy reminiscences.                                                                                   Wayne P. Hughes Jr.                                                                   USS Morton Commanding Officer                                                                   1968-69