[3][4][5][6] Fugh was born in Peking, Republic of China, the son of Philip Fugh (Chinese: 傅涇波; pinyin: Fu Jīngbō), who was a Manchu noble from the Fuca clan[7] and a long-time senior staff to John Leighton Stuart, the president of Yenching University and ambassador of the US to China.

[3][9][10] Fugh attended the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, graduating in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science degree in international relations.

He was stationed in San Francisco, Vietnam, and Europe, and was also part of the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) in Taipei, Republic of China from 1969 to 1972.

[10] Fugh formed the Desert Storm Assessment Team to study Judge Advocate General Corps doctrine and combat roles.

[10] Fugh retired from active duty in 1993 with the rank of major general,[9] and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the Army Chief of Staff.

[10] After retiring from the Army, Fugh joined the Richmond, Virginia-headquartered law firm of McGuire, Woods, Battle and Boothe as a partner in its Washington, D.C.

In 2008, Fugh received the Trailblazer Award from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA).