Thomas Lowe Hughes (December 11, 1925 – January 2, 2023) was an American government official who was the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. From 1971 he was President of the

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. He was also counsel to Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey from 1955 to 1958. Born in Mankato, Minnesota on December 11, 1925, Hughes was educated at

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, Minnesota, Oxford University, as a

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, and Yale Law School, graduating in 1952. Hughes died in Washington D.C., on January 2, 2023, at the age of 97.

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3. Smith, Bruce. 2022. The Last Gentleman: Thomas Hughes and the end of the American Century. Brookings Institution, 978-0-8157-3890-9. 1925 births 2023 deaths American Rhodes Scholars Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Yale Law School alumni People from Mankato, Minnesota {{academic-bio-stub