Hodgson, Robert W. (Robert Willard), 1893-1966

Robert Willard Hodgson was born on Apr. 3, 1893 in Dallas, TX; BS, 1916, and MS, 1917, UC Berkeley; served as as an asst. in botany and became instructor in citriculture in 1917; with J. Eliot Coit, founded the Agricultural Extension Service in Los Angeles, 1918; served as farm advisor, Los Angeles County, 1919-24; became assoc. professor of subtropical horticulture, UC Berkeley, and assoc. citriculturist in the Agriculture Experiment Station; became head of Division of Subtropical Horticulture, 1925; after the division was transferred to the Los Angeles campus in 1932, Hodgson developed the College of Agriculture there; became professor of subtropical horticulture, 1935; named asst. dean of the College of Agriculture and assistant director of the Agriculture Experiment Station, 1943; became dean of the college in 1952 until he retired in 1960; wrote many books, including Analyzing the citrus orchard by means of simple tree records (1923) and The California avocado industry (1930); he died on May 17, 1966 in LA.

Biography

Robert Willard Hodgson was born on April 3, 1893 in Dallas, Texas; BS, 1916, and MS, 1917, University of California at Berkeley; served as as an assistant in botany and became instructor in citriculture in 1917; with J. Eliot Coit, founded the Agricultural Extension Service in Los Angeles, 1918; served as farm advisor, Los Angeles County, 1919-24; became associate professor of subtropical horticulture, University of California at Berkeley, and associate citriculturist in the Agriculture Experiment Station; became head of Division of Subtropical Horticulture, 1925; after the division was transferred to the Los Angeles campus in 1932, Hodgson developed the College of Agriculture there; became professor of subtropical horticulture, 1935; named assistant dean of the College of Agriculture and assistant director of the Agriculture Experiment Station, 1943; became dean of the college in 1952 until he retired in 1960; wrote many books, including Analyzing the Citrus Orchard by Means of Simple Tree Records (1923) and The California Avocado Industry (1930); he died on May 17, 1966 in Los Angeles.