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Daniel Hodgdon

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Daniel Hodgdon
9th President of Valparaiso University
In office
1920–1921
Preceded byHenry Kinsey Brown
Succeeded byJohn E. Roessler
President of the New Jersey Institute of Technology
In office
1918–1920
President of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital
In office
1920–?
Personal details
Born13 April 1885
Winthrop, Maine, United States
Died7 March 1957
Santa Barbara, California, United States

Daniel Russell Hodgdon was an American college administrator, better known for his series of science books for young people. He was born on April 13, 1885, in Winthrop, Maine. [1] He was a co-founder and later the President of New Jersey Institute of Technology (called at the time Newark College of Engineering) from 1918 until 1920. In 1920 he became the president of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital and then Valparaiso University in Indiana. He resigned abruptly from Valparaiso on April 25, 1921, telling the trustees that "The university is a hotbed of Bolshevism, communism and other cults, and nothing we could do to thwart their propaganda has been of any avail because of inside influences." [2]

Hodgdon was an author and co-author of the Creative Science Series of textbooks published by Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc., between 1919 and 1939,[3] such as Junior General Science, Elementary General Science (1919) and Everyman's Science. Hodgdon died in Santa Barbara, California, on March 7, 1957. [4]

References

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  1. ^ "Hodgdon, Daniel Russell", in Who's who in America, Volume 11 (A.N. Marquis, 1920) p. 1355
  2. ^ "Calls College Red, Resigns Presidency— Dr. Hodgdon Quits Valparaiso as 'Hotbed of Bolshevism and Other Cults'", The New York Times, April 26, 1921, p1
  3. ^ Author Daniel Russell Hodgdon Worldcat.org
  4. ^ Maine Alumnus (February 1960) p.16