Dean Hudnutt Explained

Dean Hudnutt
Birth Date:25 May 1891
Birth Place:Hanover, Michigan, United States
Death Place:New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Sport:Sports shooting
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Dean Hudnutt (May 25, 1891  - October 11, 1943) was an American sports shooter.

Biography

Dean Hudnutt was born in Hanover, Michigan on May 25, 1891.[1] He graduated from Albion College with an A.B. degree in 1912.[2] Hudnutt then entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1912, graduating in June 1916 with a commission as a second lieutenant of field artillery.

During World War I, Hudnutt served as temporary major in France. After the war, he participated in a pistol competition at Le Mans in May 1919 and then in the Inter-Allied Games at Paris. Hudnutt then returned to West Point as a mathematics instructor from August 1919 to December 1922. He graduated from the Field Artillery School Advanced Course in June 1926 and the Command and General Staff School in June 1927.[3] [4]

Hudnutt competed in the 25 m pistol event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in July 1937.[2]

After graduating from the Army War College in 1940, Hudnutt became a professor of military science and tactics at Yale University in July 1940.[5] He accepted a temporary promotion to colonel in July 1941.[2] Hudnutt died in New Haven, Connecticut on October 11, 1943, and was buried at West Point Cemetery.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dean Hudnutt . January 11, 2015 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141020041859/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/dean-hudnutt-1.html . October 20, 2014 . mdy-all .
  2. Book: Official Army Register . January 1, 1943 . 437 . U.S. Government Printing Office . April 10, 2023.
  3. Book: Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York since its establishment in 1802: Supplement, 1910–1920 . September 1920 . VI-B . 1812 . Seemann & Peters, Printers . April 10, 2023.
  4. Book: Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York since its establishment in 1802: Supplement, 1920–1930 . March 1931 . VII . 1127 . R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, The Lakeside Press . April 10, 2023.
  5. Book: Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York since its establishment in 1802: Supplement, 1940–1950 . December 1955 . IX . 209 . The Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy . April 10, 2023.
  6. News: Col. Dean Hudnutt Dies in New Haven . . 6 . 1943-11-03 . 2022-12-07 . Newspapers.com.