Hodgin, Charles Elkanah, 1858-

Charles Elkanah Hodgin, educator, philosopher, leader in civic and educational movements was born in Indiana in 1858. In 1885 he traveled to Albuquerque, N.M. to accept a teaching position with the Albuquerque Academy. In 1891 he accepted the position as the first superintendent of the Albuquerque Public School System. In July 1897 he began his 28 year career at the University of New Mexico where he worked in several positions. After retiring in May 1925 he became the editor of the New Mexico School Review and served as the New Mexico Chair for the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. He died in August 1934

Charles Elkanah Hodgin, educator, philosopher, leader in civic and educational movements was born in Indiana in 1858. In 1885 he traveled to Albuquerque, N.M. to accept a teaching position with the Albuquerque Academy. In 1891 he accepted the position as the first superintendent of the Albuquerque Public School System. In July 1897 he began his 28 year career at the University of New Mexico where he worked in several positions. After retiring in May 1925 he became the editor of the New Mexico School Review and served as the New Mexico Chair for the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. He died in August 1934.

Charles Elkanah Hodgin, educator, philosopher, leader in civic and educational movements was born in Indiana in 1858. After graduating from Indiana State Normal School, he taught for 6 years in Indiana. In 1885 he traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife, Sallie B. Overman, both for her health and to accept a teaching position with the Albuquerque Academy. In 1886 he became the associate principal and by 1890 the principal. He remained the principal until 1891, when he accepted the position as the first superintendent of the Albuquerque Public School System. That same year his wife died. He was actively involved in teacher training and retraining as well as introducing new methods of teaching. In 1894 he received his Bachelor's of Pedagogy from the University of New Mexico. He resigned in July 1897 to take charge of the University of New Mexico's Normal Department, the forerunner of the University's Department of Education; where he served as head for 28 years. He was credited with influencing the establishment of a model school where students in the Normal Department could have experience in practice teaching. By 1903 his duties included the position of registrar for the University. He later became the Dean of the Faculty (or Academic Vice-President), a position he held for 20 years at the University. In 1904 he became one of the founding members of the social literary organization, the Ten Dons. After retiring in May 1925, he became the editor of the New Mexico School Review, the official organ of the New Mexico Educational Association, which Hodgin helped to organize in 1886, and served as the New Mexico Chair for the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. In 1927, the University conferred on him the Doctorate of Letters degree. He died in August 1934. Two years later, the first building on the University of New Mexico campus, Hodgin Hall, was named for him.