Background
Hood, Joseph Douglas was born on November 29, 1889 in Laramie, Wyoming, United States. Son of Thomas Henry and Eva Maria Josephine (Dickson) Hood.
Hood, Joseph Douglas was born on November 29, 1889 in Laramie, Wyoming, United States. Son of Thomas Henry and Eva Maria Josephine (Dickson) Hood.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Illinois, 1910. Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1913. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1932.
Assistant instructor in military science and tactics, University of Illinois, 1909-1910. Instructor biology U. Rochester, 1922-1925, assistant professor, 1925-1928, professor, 1928-1937. Cornell Univercity resident doctor, 1937-1938, assistant professor, biology, 1939-1943, associate professor 1943, professor, 1948.
Consultant U. Florida Brevet captain Illinois National Guard, 1910.
Served as Second lieutenant District of Columbia National Guard, Mexican Border, 1916-1917. First lieutenant Ordnance Department, United States Army, 1917-1918, captain, 1918-1920.
Supervised procurement all gun carriages for railway, seacoast and improvised field artillery, World War.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Entomological Society American (charter. Member of New York Entomological Society, Entomoly Society Washington, Brooklyn Entomological Society, Bol. Society Washington, Natural History Society Canal Zone (honorary), Entomological Society Brazil, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Sigma Phi (national secretary 1910-1913), Theta Nu Epsilon, Scabbard and Blade (national secretary and treasurer 1910-1913).
Mason.
Rifle and pistol expert. Member District of Columbia rifle team, 1914, 15, United States National Guard team, 1915.
Married Helen Madge Hincher, 1930.