A dining club (UK) or eating club (US) is a social group , usually requiring membership (which may, or may not be available only to certain people), which meets for dinners and discussion on a regular basis. They may also often have guest speakers.
20-613: Hugin may refer to: Bob Hugin (born 1954), American politician and businessman Hugin (longship) , a Danish reconstruction of a Viking longship on display in Ramsgate, England HUGIN , a widely used tool for uncertain reasoning using Bayesian networks Hugin (software) , an image editing program that creates panoramas and high dynamic range imaging (HDR) images from multiple images, open source, cross platform HUGIN, an autonomous underwater vehicle developed by Kongsberg Maritime and
40-574: A Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1976. After graduating, Hugin served in the United States Marine Corps as an active duty infantry officer from 1976 to 1983. In 1985, Hugin earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of Virginia . At Princeton, Hugin was president of the male-only Tiger Inn , a highly selective private eating club on campus. As president, he opposed
60-518: A campaign ad. After announcing that he supports legal abortion, Hugin "lost the support of New Jersey Right to Life, the state's largest pro-life group." Hugin opposes late term abortions unless the life of the mother is at risk. He supported the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and has said he would support similarly conservative judicial Supreme Court candidates, causing some to question whether he would be proactive about defending abortion rights. Hugin would like to keep parts of
80-437: A one-month supply. Celgene was able to actively prevent generic versions of the drug from being sold, and by the year 2017, the price for the same amount of Revlimid had been raised by Celgene to over $ 16,000. In 2013, Hugin was named the best CEO in biotech by TheStreet.com . He left his position at Celgene as chief executive and became an executive chairman in 2017. On February 13, 2018, Hugin announced his candidacy for
100-897: A part of either OUCA or CUCA , the Conservative Associations at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge respectively. Others may require applicants to pass an interview , or simply pay a membership fee. Early dining clubs include the Pitt Club , the Bullingdon Club , and the 16' Club . In the United States , similar social clubs are called eating clubs . Eating clubs date to the late 19th and early 20th centuries and are intended to allow college students to enjoy meals and pleasant discourse. Some clubs are referred to as bicker clubs because of
120-643: Is an American businessman who was formerly the executive chairman of Celgene , a biopharmaceutical company. Hugin was the Republican nominee in the 2018 United States Senate election in New Jersey , where he was defeated by incumbent Democratic senator Bob Menendez . In 2020, he ran for chairman of the New Jersey Republican Party , but was defeated by former Hackettstown mayor Michael Lavery. In 2021, following his victory in
140-564: The CEO of Celgene in June 2010. In June 2011, he was elected chairman of the Celgene board of directors. In his time at Celgene the market capitalization of the company went from $ 100 million to $ 70 billion, and headcount grew to 6,000. During Hugin's tenure, Celgene was reprimanded multiple times by the U.S Food and Drug Administration , including a formal warning letter in 2000 for not sharing all
160-647: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , also known as Obamacare. He would also like to limit out-of-pocket payments including prescription co-payments. He opposed the Trump administration family separation policy , and announced that he supports a pathway to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants. Hugin used to oppose gay marriage and gay rights, including advocating against extending non-discrimination rights to LGBT students at Princeton . He has since changed his stance and now fully supports
180-568: The United Methodist Church . He and his wife earned more than $ 34 million between 2015 and 2016. Eating club A dining club differs from a gentlemen's club in that it does not have permanent premises, often changing the location of its meetings and dinners. Clubs may limit their membership to those who meet highly specific membership requirements. For example, the Coningsby Club requires members to have been
200-584: The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) Hugin -class destroyer , a Royal Swedish Navy class of destroyers See also [ edit ] Huginn and Muninn , a pair of ravens in Norse Mythology Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hugin . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
220-478: The Republican gubernatorial primary, former state assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli endorsed Hugin to lead the state Republican Party. Because the party's gubernatorial nominee traditionally selects the party chair, Hugin replaced Lavery without any opposition. Hugin grew up in Union City, New Jersey . He was the first in his family to attend college, earning a full-scholarship to Princeton University. He earned
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#1732781167044240-405: The U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey. In the first quarter of 2018, his campaign raised a little under $ 8 million, of which $ 7.5 million was a loan from Hugin himself. He defeated Brian Goldberg in the Republican primary that took place on June 5, 2018, by garnering 75% of the vote, to Goldberg's 24%. President Donald Trump endorsed Hugin via Twitter on Election Day. On November 6, 2018, Hugin
260-516: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugin&oldid=1242960175 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bob Hugin Robert John Hugin (born July 23, 1954)
280-481: The membership of gay men in 1976, stating that a member discovered to be gay "wouldn't last long." Later, as president of the alumni board of Tiger Inn, he led the club's opposition to a 13-year series of lawsuits during the 1980s and 1990s to require the club to admit women, describing the legal campaign to "politically correct fascism”. In 2018, he said that his views on these issues had since changed. From 1985 to 1999, Hugin worked at J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc. and
300-478: The process of bickering over which applicants to accept as members. Replaced largely by the modern fraternity and sorority system , eating clubs are now limited to a few colleges and universities, most prominently at Princeton University , though other universities including Stanford University , Davidson College , the University of Mount Olive , and Reed College have the presence of eating clubs. Dining clubs often have reciprocity with other dining clubs across
320-461: The right of LGBT people to get married. Hugin "calls himself a fiscal conservative opposed to tax increases in a state with the highest property taxes." He supports making individual tax cuts permanent, and also opposes the cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction imposed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act , saying that it is too low. Hugin supported Donald Trump 's presidential candidacy,
340-434: The risks associated with their drugs, and for marketing their drug Thalomid and others to doctors for unapproved uses. In 2017, Celgene was forced to pay $ 280 million in response to a lawsuit regarding these practices. Hugin has been criticized for drastically raising the prices of several drugs while he was in charge of Celgene. For example, in 2006, the drug Revlimid was introduced to the market and cost about $ 6,000 for
360-478: Was a managing director. Hugin has been credited with saving the biotech corporation Celgene and turning it profitable. He joined the company in June 1999 as senior vice president and CFO . At the time, Celgene had approximately 200 employees and less than six weeks of cash. He was elected to Celgene's board of directors in December 2001. Hugin served as Celgene's president and COO since May 2006 and became
380-442: Was defeated by incumbent Democrat Bob Menendez . On his 2018 campaign website for the U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey, Hugin described himself as a "different kind of Republican", "moderate" and "independent". On social issues, Hugin is more socially liberal than most Republicans. He advertised his support for legal abortion and gay marriage. Hugin announced that he is pro-choice on abortion and supports same-sex marriage in
400-477: Was the finance chairman of Trump's New Jersey campaign, and donated $ 100,000 in 2016 to the Trump Victory Fund to help get Trump elected. Hugin also acted as a delegate supporting Trump's nomination at the 2016 Republican National Convention . He has since said that some of Trump's policies are hurting businesses. Bob Hugin is married to Kathy Hugin. They have three children. Hugin is a member of
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