Hugh Graham (figure skater) explained

Hugh Graham
Fullname:Hugh C. Graham, Jr
Country:United States
Birth Date:November 23, 1933
Formerpartner:Margaret Anne Graham

Hugh C. Graham, Jr (November 23, 1933  - May 30, 2024)[1] was an American figure skater.

He competed as a singles skater and as a pair skater with his sister, Margaret Anne Graham. After his competitive career ended, he spent from 1986 to 1989 as the President of the United States Figure Skating Association.[2] Graham was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004.[2] [3]

Graham graduated Harvard University in 1955,[4] during which he was a member of the Skating Club of Boston,[5] and then he graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1959.[6] He practiced as a pediatrician in Tulsa, Oklahoma for several decades before retiring.

Results

Men's singles

Event1955
10th
3rd[7]

Pairs

(with Margaret Anne Graham)

Event19531954
5th
3rd
2nd 2nd

Notes and References

  1. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tulsaworld/name/hugh-graham-obituary?id=56646379&referrer=0&preview=True Hugh Graham's obituary
  2. (9 January 2004). Six Individuals Inducted Into U.S. Hall of Fame, U.S. Figure Skating website, Retrieved December 21, 2010
  3. Web site: U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame. www.worldskatingmuseum.org. 2020-02-27.
  4. Web site: Harvard Olympians. Harvard. en. 2020-02-27. 2020-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20200227223529/https://gocrimson.com/information/history/olympians. dead.
  5. Web site: The Skating Club of Boston - Boston, MA. Alignable. 2020-02-27.
  6. Web site: GRAHAM, HUGH CORNELIUS JR - Licensee Information - Oklahoma Medical Board. www.okmedicalboard.org. 2020-02-27.
  7. Berman, Alice. Skater's Edge Sourcebook: Ice Skating Resource Guide, p.121, 125 (2d 1998)