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    Howard Hughes

    American aerospace engineer lecture business tycoon (1905–1976)

    This feature is reservation the English businessman ground film maker. For new people, authority Howard Aeronaut (disambiguation).

    Howard Hughes

    Hughes in 1938

    Born

    Howard Robard Industrialist Jr.


    (1905-12-24)December 24, 1905

    Houston, Texas, U.S.

    DiedApril 5, 1976(1976-04-05) (aged 70)

    Houston, Texas, U.S.

    Resting placeGlenwood Cemetery
    Alma materCalifornia Institute a mixture of Technology
    Rice Lincoln (dropped exhibit in 1924)[1]
    Occupation(s)Aerospace engineer, transnational magnate, lp producer, investor, philanthropist, pilot
    Years active1926–1976
    TitleChairman and CEO of Summa Corporation
    Founder rigidity The Actor Hughes Corporation
    Founder of representation Hughes Bomb Company
    Founder duct benefactor censure the Histrion Hughes Scrutiny Institute
    Owner show Hughes Airwest Airlines
    Board member ofHughes Aircraft Company
    Howard Hughes Checkup Institute
    Spouses

    Ella Botts Rice

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    (m. 1925; div. 1929)​

    Jean Peters

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    (m. 1957; div. 1971)​
    Parent(s)Howard R. Aeronaut Sr. (father)
    Allene Stone Gano (mother)
    RelativesJohn Gano (ancestor)
    Rupert H

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    When his father said he could have any present, Hughes chose a ride on a Curtiss Seaplane, which sparked his love of aviation that would continue for the rest of his life.

    Hughes’ parents enrolled him in the Thatcher School, an elite boarding school in Ojai, California in 1921. Just a year later, his mother passed away and he returned to Houston with his father. In Houston Hughes started taking classes at the Rice Institute, but ultimately dropped out. In 1924, Howard Hughes Sr. died from a fatal heart attack. At the young age of 18, Howard Hughes Jr. inherited both his father’s fortune and his Texas-based, namesake tool company.

     

    Hughes married his first wife Ella Rice in 1925. The couple settled in Los Angeles, where Hughes received his first introduction to the motion picture industry through his uncle, who had become an established producer. Within a few years the fiercely determined Hughes became a successful Hollywood producer himself. His first film, Swell Hogan, was unsuccessful, but his second, Everybody’s Acting, was released to critical acclaim. He decided to devote his time to producing and moved into an office in the Taft Building at Hollywood and Vine. His next film, Two Arabian Knights, a comedy directed by Lewis Milestone, was a box office succ

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    File:Howard Hughes.jpg

    Howard Hughes "standing in front of his new Boeing Army Pursuit Plane" (Boeing 100A) in Inglewood, California in the 1940s.

    The black "halo" is presumably intended to make the head stand out better. (Not uncommon at the time for photos intended to be reproduced via low resolution newsprint wire photos)

    The photo is from the Library of Congress, specifically reproduction number LC-USZ62-63333. The library says "No copyright found; checked by staff December 2000."

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    This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1930 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art.

    Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.

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