Teacher, educational leader and mentor, skier, mountain biker, outdoorsman, reader, winner of games and solver of puzzles, devoted husband and father, brother, uncle, and cousin, friend and role model to the many lives he shaped - he will be missed by so many. Teaching for Hugh started as an act of rebellion, turned into an act of love, and became an act of faith. Hugh was a life-long independent school teacher and administrator, notably at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, CA; The Putney School in Putney, VT, where he and his family made their home; Milton Academy in Milton, MA; and since 2007 at Northfield Mount Hermon School in Mt. Hermon, MA. Hugh arrived at NMH as Dean of Faculty, and quickly became a lifeblood of the community. In addition to Hugh's Dean duties, he always taught English, and he'd always remind the faculty, "Being a teacher always comes first. Teaching is reliably the best part of the day."

Hugh was one of the founding Program Directors in 2012 of the Independent School Teaching Residency (ISTAR) Master's Program at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, also known as the Penn Fellows Program. Hugh was a member of the ISTAR faculty for ten years, where he taught and mentored hundreds of Penn Fellows as they launched their teaching careers. This work reflected his deep commitment to mentoring new teachers, and he was serving on the Executive Committee when he passed away. Most recently at NMH, Hugh served as Assistant Dean for the Penn Teaching Fellows Programs, a program which brought these Penn graduate students to teach and coach at NMH for 1-2 years while they earned their master's degrees. He took incredible ownership of and pride in the Penn Fellows and the program itself. It is fitting that gifts in his memory will help fund young aspiring teachers who cannot otherwise afford the cost of this important degree and experience.

Hugh is remembered by countless students and teachers at schools across the country who were influenced by his passion for the craft of teaching, his love of Shakespeare, poetry, experiential education, and singing, and his belief in the people around him and their goodness.