Content Submitted by Kevin Boatright, Nebraska Wesleyan ‘71
20 May 2020 - Oxford, Ohio: On the 27th of April, Harry A. Huge, Nebraska Wesleyan ’56, entered the chapter eternal at the age of 82.
Harry graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University with a bachelors degree in 1959 and received a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law School in 1963. He received honorary degrees from Nebraska Wesleyan (2005) and the College of Charleston (2017).
Harry was a distinguished attorney, entrepreneur, and government advisor who practiced law nationally and internationally. During the Civil Rights Movement, he was President of the Voter Education Project in Atlanta, which registered black voters throughout the south. He was a member of President Carter’s General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Strategic Weapons. As a legal advisor to the emerging Republic of Estonia, Harry contributed to its independence movement and was presented with its Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana. In 2005, he was named Estonia’s Honorary Consul in Charleston, SC.
Harry was inducted into the Phi Kappa Tau Hall of Fame in 2006. He served on Nebraska Wesleyan’s governing boards for more than 25 years. He and his wife, Reba, endowed the Huge-Kinne Chair and Huge Prizes in its Department of History, and he received his alma mater’s Young Alumni Achievement Award, Alumni Achievement Award, and Medal of Honor in recognition of his professional accomplishments and service. The Harry and Reba Huge Foundation provides student scholarships and academic program support at Nebraska Wesleyan and universities in Charleston and Estonia.
At its May 8th meeting, the Nebraska Wesleyan Board of Governors adopted a resolution in his honor, read by Richard Peterson, Nebraska Wesleyan ’56, thanking “the graciousness of God for having brought Harry A. Huge into our midst as a leader, visionary, counselor, entrepreneur, benefactor, enthusiast and friend. We give thanks for the wisdom, thoughtful intensity and loyalty he so very generously shared.”
His full obituary can be read here: http://hosting-24909.tributes.com/obituary/show/Harry-Arthur-Huge-108483654.
Photo from Nebraska Wesleyan homecoming 2016, when Harry returned to Nebraska Wesleyan and was recognized by the chapter, parents, and alumni. He was introduced by Warren Mattox, Nebraska Wesleyan '69, chair of the Upsilon BOG (right).