Thomas Kent Hodges

Background

Hodges, Thomas Kent was born on October 18, 1936 in Bedford, Indiana, United States. Son of Ollie Russell and Frances M. (Foster) Hodges.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1958; Master of Science, University of California, Davis, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 1962.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1962-1963; assistant professor, then associate professor plant physiology, University of Illinois, 1963-1971; visiting professor botany, University of California, Davis, 1968-1969; member of faculty, Purdue University, since 1971; professor plant physiology, Purdue University, since 1973; head department botany and plant pathology, Purdue University, 1977-1982; Joseph C. Arthur Distinguished professor, Purdue University, since 1989; program manager plant biology grants, USDA, 1981-1994; program manager genetic mechanisms, USDA, since 1994. Panel chairman genetic mechanisms Department Agriculture 1994. Member technical advising committee Binat.

Agriculture Research and Development, since 1994.

Achievements

• Thomas Kent Hodges has been listed as a noteworthy Plant physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Plant Physiologists (Charles Albert Shull award 1975), Sigma Xi, Pi Alpha Xi, Phi Sigma, Alpha Zeta.

Connections

Married Sharon Ann Fultz, June 9, 1957 (divorced). Children: Christine Ann, Cynthia Lynne, Scott Russell.

Father:

Ollie Russell Hodges

Mother:

Frances M. (Foster) Hodges

Spouse:

Sharon Ann Fultz

child:

Christine Ann Hodges

child:

Scott Russell Hodges

child:

Cynthia Lynne Hodges