Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History

Sauer, Anne

Branco, Jessica

Bennett, John

Crowley, Zachary

2000

Hodgdon, Fredrick Crosby, 1873-1947

 

Fredrick Crosby Hodgdon (1873-1946), A1894, was a life trustee of Tufts. For many years, he was also a member of the Board of Visitors to the School of Liberal Arts.

Hodgdon was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, on February 8, 1873.While studying at Tufts he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa. He spent his summers working as a meter reader for Boston Gas Company. During his junior year, he organized and opened the first on-campus bookstore for Tufts students, a venture that led him to associate himself with another prominent Tufts alumnus, Edwin Ginn, A1862,the founder and president of Ginn & Company. Hodgdon stayed with the publishing company for the remainder of his life, eventually becoming a partner in 1912. He retired from active participation in the business in 1931.He was a member of the University Club of New York, The Century Association of New York and several other organizations.

Hodgdon maintained an interest in Tufts for much of his lifetime. He helped found the Tufts Club of New York and represented his class at its fiftieth anniversary exercises in 1944.He was made an Alumni Trustee in 1923, and a Life Trustee in 1935.

Hodgdon Gate, located to the north of Memorial Steps, across from wasgiven by Hodgdon in memory of his sister, Georgia L. Hodgdon, A1897. Hodgdon Hall, a dormitory on Talbot Avenue, is named in his honor.

He and his wife, Jeanette Rector Hodgdon, resided in the former home of the mayor, 4 Gramercy Park, in New York City. He died on November 16, 1946.

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Dame, Lorin Low, 1838-1903
Dana, Charles A., 1881-1975
Dana Laboratory, 1963
Daniel Ounjian Prize in Economics,
Davies, Caroline Stodder, 1864-1939
Davies House, 1894
De Florez Prize in Human Engineering, 1964
de Pacheco, Kaye MacKinnon, ca. 1910-ca. 1985
Dean Hall, 1887-1963
Dean, Oliver, 1783-1871
Dearborn, Heman Allen, 1831-1897
Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, 1893
Department of Anesthesia, 1970
Department of Art and Art History, 1930
Department of Biochemistry, 1893
Department of Chemistry, 1882
Department of Community Health, 1930
Department of Dermatology, 1897
The Department of Economics, 1946
Department of Medicine, 1893
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Department of Neurology, 1893
Department of Neuroscience, 1983
Department of Neurosurgery, 1951
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1893
Department of Ophthamology, 1893
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 1906
Department of Otolaryngology, 1895
Department of Pathology, 1893
Department of Pediatrics, 1930
Department of Pharmacology, 1915
Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1854
Department of Physiology, 1893
Department of Psychiatry, 1928
Department of Radiation Oncology, 1968
Department of Radiology, 1915
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1955
Department of Surgery, 1893
Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, 1973
Department of Urology, 1910
Dental Health Sciences Building, 1969
Dewick, Cora Alma (Polk), 1875-1977
Dewick/MacPhie Dining Hall, 1959
Dickson Professorship of English and American History, 1913
Dirlam, Arland A., 1905-1979
Dog Cart, 1900
Dolbear, Amos Emerson, 1837-1910
Donald A. Cowdery Memorial Scholarship, 1946
Dr. Benjamin Andrews Professorship of Surgery, 1987
Dr. Philip E. A. Sheridan Prize, 1977
The Drug Bust, 1970
Dudley, Henry Watson, 1831-1906
Dugger, Edward Jr., 1919-75
Durkee, Frank W., 1861-1939
Durkee, Henrietta Noble Brown, 1871-1946
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