Background
Hoagland, Hudson was born on December 5, 1899 in Rockaway, New Jersey, United States. Son of Mahlon Lounsbury and Ella (Baylis) Hoagland.
Hoagland, Hudson was born on December 5, 1899 in Rockaway, New Jersey, United States. Son of Mahlon Lounsbury and Ella (Baylis) Hoagland.
Student, Morris Academy, Morristown, New Jersey, 1917. AB, Columbia University, 1921. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1924.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1927. Doctor of Science (honorary), Colby College, 1945. Doctor of Science (honorary), Wesleyan University, 1959.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Clark University, 1962. Doctor of Science (honorary), Bates College, 1965. Doctor of Science (honorary), Boston University, 1966.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1966. Doctor of Science (honorary), Worcester Foundation Experimental Biology, 1979.
Fellow National Research Council at, Harvard University, 1927-1928;
instructor physiology, tutor biology, Harvard University, 1928-1930;
Parker fellow, special lecturer, Cambridge (England) University, 1930-1931;
professor general physiology, director physiology laboratories, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1931-1944;
co-founder, executive director, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, 1946-1967;
president, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, 1967-1968;
president emeritus, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, 1969-1982. Research associate physiology Harvard Medical School, tutor biochemistry science Harvard College, 1940-1941. Consultant physiologist Worcester Eastern State Hospital, 1945-1957;visiting lecturer physiological psychology Harvard, 1945-1946.
Research professor physiology Tufts Medical School, 1946-1950, Boston University, 1950-1968. Consultant Medical Corps, United States Army, 1948-1954. Board directors Guarantee Bank & Trust Company.
Chairman Macy Found.Conf. on Neuropharmacology, 1954-1959. Vice president Conference Science, Philosophy andReligion, 1954.
Trustee George Washington Carver Foundation, 1960-1968, Worcester Memorial Hospital, 1956-1968, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1959-1968. Visiting committee Harvard Medical School and School Dental Medicine, 1959-1964, department biology, 1965-1971, department psychology and social relations, 1965-1970. With United States Army, 1917-1918.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (board directors 1966-1970), American Academy Arts and Sciences (president 1961-1964). Member Society Biological Psychiatry (president 1967-1968), American Physiological Society, Harvard Faculty Club, Worcester Club, St. Botolph Club, Century Association (New York City), Sigma Xi.
Married Anna Plummer, June 9, 1920. Children: Mahlon Bush, Ann Holland, Peter, Joan.