Hugon was born in Galway. His mother was Irish and his father Polish. He went to school in the Jesuits' St Ignatius College Galway, finishing up in Blackrock College for the final five years. Back then to Galway and UCG where he completed a BA in French and German followed by the H Dip.
In UCG he captained the highly successful under 19 team which won the Connaught league and cup that year. The next five very enjoyable years were spent teaching and coaching in Clongowes.
He then moved to Blackrock College where he taught for 39 years (coming to a total of 44 years teaching, 4 more than necessary for a full pension). When asked why he did the extra four years he said: "I'm not a Maths teacher, I lost count"
He played Junior rugby with Wanderers in Dublin and when injury brought that to a end he took up windsurfing, sailing (with Glenans Sailing Club) followed by hillwalking and mountaineering.
Having climbed the Matterhorn, Eiger and Mont Blanc (twice!) he founded a hillwalking club called
"Glenwalk" which in its heyday had over 800 members.
Hugon retired 4 years ago and currently lives in Monkstown with his wife Catherine. He spends his time cycling, hillwalking, teaching IT skills with "Age Action" to elderly learners and he also volunteers with the "Bike Hub" which is a social enterprise in Dún Laoghaire where he helps out repairing and delivering bikes to those unable to afford them. The rest of the time he spends going to CWC reunions and listening to Rossa's excellent podcasts!! 😂
