Hugo received a diploma of Ingeniero Agrónomo from Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS) in Argentina, and his MSc and PhD degrees from Oklahoma State University. As a Full Professor at UNS, he was teaching and advising students from graduate and undergraduate programs. Distinguished by UNS as a “Profesor Extraordinario Consulto”, still stays active. His research focused on ruminant nutrition, being a coauthor of 55 refereed papers, 4 book chapters, more than 100 abstracts and 14 extension papers. As a visiting scholar he was at institutions of Canada, US, Brazil and Uruguay. As a member of ASAS and President of the Argentinian Association of Animal Production (AAPA) he promoted AAPA-ASAS joint meetings which took place at Argentina. He also served to ASAS as a committee member and Session Chair, refereeing articles for ASAS journals, and sustaining the link ASAS-AAPA. Hugo is a proud father of two children, Ariel and Debora.