Philip Gibson Hodge

Background

Hodge, Philip Gibson was born on November 9, 1920 in New Haven. Son of Philip Gibson and Muriel (Miller) Hodge.

Education

AB, Antioch College, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Brown U., 1949.

Career

Research assistant, Brown U., 1947-1949; associate, Brown U., 1949; assistant professor mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1949-1953; associate professor applied mechanics, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1953-1956; professor, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1956-1957; professor mechanics, Illinois Institute Technology, 1957-1971; professor mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1971-1991; professor emeritus, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1991. Russell Severance Springer visiting professor University of California, 1976. Visiting professor emeritus Stanford University, since 1993.

Secretary United States national committee Theoretical and AppliedMechanics, since 1982.

Achievements

• Philip Gibson Hodge has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical and aerospace engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Academy of Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (honorary, Worcester Reed Warner medal 1975, American Society of Mechanical Engineers medal 1987), International Union Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (assistant treasurer 1984-1992).

Connections

Married Thea Drell, January 3, 1943;children: Susan E., Philip T., Elizabeth M.

Father:

Philip Gibson Hodge

Mother:

Muriel (Miller) Hodge

Spouse:

Thea Drell

child:

Elizabeth M. Hodge

child:

Philip T. Hodge

child:

Susan E. Hodge