Dean Hudnutt (May 25, 1891 – October 11, 1943) was an American sports shooter.

Biography

Dean Hudnutt was born in

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on May 25, 1891. He graduated from Albion College with an A.B. degree in 1912. Hudnutt then entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1912, graduating in June 1916 with a commission as a second lieutenant of field artillery. During World War I, Hudnutt served as temporary major in France. After the war, he participated in a pistol competition at

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in May 1919 and then in the Inter-Allied Games at Paris. Hudnutt then returned to West Point as a mathematics instructor from August 1919 to December 1922. He graduated from the Field Artillery School Advanced Course in June 1926 and the

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in June 1927. Hudnutt competed in the

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event at the

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. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in July 1937. After graduating from the Army War College in 1940, Hudnutt became a professor of military science and tactics at Yale University in July 1940. He accepted a temporary promotion to colonel in July 1941. Hudnutt died in New Haven, Connecticut on October 11, 1943, and was buried at West Point Cemetery.

References

1891 births 1943 deaths People from Hanover, Michigan Albion College alumni United States Military Academy alumni Sportspeople from Michigan American male sport shooters United States Military Academy faculty United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni Olympic shooters for the United States Shooters at the 1936 Summer Olympics United States Army War College alumni Yale University faculty United States Army colonels Burials at West Point Cemetery United States Army personnel of World War I Military personnel from Michigan {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub