William Amos Hough, Jr., a lifelong educator, served as principal of North Mecklenburg High School from 1955 to 1974. The NC Association of Educators named him Principal of the Year in 1970 and he was one of the first inductees into the school’s Hall of Fame. Even in retirement, Hough still remembered former students and could often call them by name. Hough High School in Cornelius is named in his honor.