Harrison Hubard Sr.

HUBARD, Harrison Sr., age 91, died on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 after a brief illness at a Virginia Beach, Virginia hospital. Born in Bon Air, Virginia, on April 9, 1917, Hubard was educated at the McGuire's School in Richmond and Virginia Military Institute. While at VMI, Hubard participated in cross country and horseback riding. He received the William French Medal for pure mathematics at his graduation with the class of 1938. Hubard was commissioned in the United States Army and served in World War II, rising from second lieutenant to lieutenant colonel. As one of the first air to ground support officers, he arranged air strikes for the Allied Forces during the campaign in Italy. He returned in 1946 to Richmond and the Virginia Electric and Power Company as an electrical engineer. In 1981, Hubard retired as Vice President of the Eastern Division, the largest division within VEPCO, after 42 years in his distinguished career. Hubard served on the vestries of St. Stephen's Church in Richmond, Virginia, and at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Norfolk. Boards on which Hubard served include First and Merchants Bank of Tidewater, Medical Center Hospitals and the Old Dominion University Research Foundation. He was also on the Board of the Hampton Institute and Virginia Wesleyan College where he served on the President's Advisory Council. Hubard was a member of the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He served in the capacity of licensing professional engineers. His hobbies included tennis, golf, bird hunting, fishing, sailing and traveling. Hubard is a past Commodore of the Fishing Bay Yacht Club and formerly a member of the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club and Princess Anne Country Club. Hubard's proudest accomplishment occurred on September 7, 1940 when he married Mary Knox Hubard in Richmond. Hubard is survived by his wife, Mary; his daughter, Molly Hubard Parsons of Norfolk and her husband, Tim; his sons, Harrison Hubard Jr. of Richmond and his wife, Kenzie, and Conway Knox Hubard, also of Richmond, and his wife, Shirley. He leaves six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Harrison Hubard devoted his final years of his life to the care of Mary, his wife of 68 years. Funeral arrangements include a memorial service at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Norfolk on Monday, November 3, at 11 a.m., and interment at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond on Tuesday, November 4, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Harrison Hubard Class of '38 Electrical Engineering Scholarship at VMI in Lexington, Virginia.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.