Dates

• Existence: 1922 - 1995

Biographical History

Hugh Carlson (1922-1995) was a director of the Department of Navy quality-assurance in California and enjoyed traveling the Midwest and western United States.

Hugh Carlson was born on July 17, 1922 to Sallie Mae Rumfield and Arthur Carlson in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas. He attended school in Sherwood, Texas. He received degrees in management and engineering at the University of California, Long Beach. He married Gladys Styrlund on August 24, 1946 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada. Carlson and Styrlund traveled the Midwest and western United States in 1948, 1950, and 1951, and documented their travels with photographs, maps, financial logs, narratives, and other materials in scrapbooks. Gladys Styrlund died on March 4, 1968 in Whittier, Los Angeles, California.

He later married Dorothy Patricia Harris on August 17, 1968 in Imperial, Imperial, California. She died on July 15, 1979 in Covina, Los Angeles, California. He retired in 1978 as director of quality assurance for the Department of Navy in Pomona, California and married Hope Orthell Keegan on December 21, 1980 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada.

Carlson died on March 24, 1995 in Gholson, McLennon, Texas.

Citation:

MSS 9023, June 28, 2017 (b. July 17, 1922 in San Angelo, Tom Green, TX; d. 24 March, 1995 in Gholson, McLennon, TX; m. to Gladys Styrlund Aug. 24, 1946 in Las Vegas, NV; travel scrapbooks from 1948, 1950, and 1951; travel scrapbooks contain photographs, maps, financial logs, narratives, and other materials).

Family Search, via WWW, June 28, 2017 (was a quality-assurance engineer; mother Sallie Mae Rumfield; father Arthur Carlson; m. Gladys Styrlund on Aug. 24, 1946 in Las Vegas, Clark, NV; Gladys Styrlund d. March 4, 1968 in Whittier, Los Angeles, CA; m. Dorothy Patricia Harris on Aug. 17, 1968 in Imperial, Imperial, CA; Dorothy Patricia Harris d. July 15, 1979 in Covina, Los Angeles, California; m. Hope Orthell Keegan on Dec. 21, 1980 in Las Vegas, Clark, NV).

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