Background
Hopkins, Homer Thawley was born on July 27, 1913 in Frederica, Delaware, United States.
Hopkins, Homer Thawley was born on July 27, 1913 in Frederica, Delaware, United States.
Bachelor of Science, University Delaware, 1935. Master of Science, Cornell University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland, 1951.
Assistant state chemist Board Agriculture, Dover, Delaware, 1935—1937. Soil scientist United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1939—1941, Beltsville, Maryland, 1941—1952. Chemist Food and Drug Administration, Washington, 1952—1976.
Food scientist National Academy of Sciences, 1976—1977. Retired, 1977
Consultant in field. Organizer, operating office foreign affairs Institute Applied Agriculture, University Maryland, 1977—1982.
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1939-1942.
Son of Homer Thawley and Lillian Alexander Hopkins, Senior. Married Victoria Lafferty, October 26, 1940. 1 child Rebecca.