Hopkins, David Moody, 1921-2001

David Moody Hopkins was born in 1921 in Nashua, New Hampshire, grew up in the small village of Greenfield, N.H., and received his professional education at the University of New Hampshire (B.S., 1942) and Harvard University (M.S., 1948; Ph. D., 1955). He joined the Geological Survey as a Junior Geologist in 1942 and, except for a two-year stint in the Army Air Force in Alaska and the Aleutian islands (1944-1946), remained at the Survey until his retirement in 1984. Most of his Geological Survey career has been in research positions, but he served as Program Supervisor of the Alaska Terrain and Permafrost Section (1952-1954), as organizer and leader of the first USGS marine geology program in the Bering Sea (1966-1970), and as Chief of the Branch of Arctic Marine Geology (1970-1972). After his retirement, he became a professor at the Alaska Quaternary Center at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Much of his research and publications have focused on the geological and archaeological facets of the Bering Sea Land Bridge. Hopkins died November 2, 2001 at his home in Menlo Park, California.

David Moody Hopkins was born in 1921 in Nashua, New Hampshire, grew up in the small village of Greenfield, N.H., and received his professional education at the University of New Hampshire (B.S., 1942) and Harvard University (M.S., 1948; Ph.D., 1955). He joined the Geological Survey as Junior Geologist in 1942 and, except for a two-year stint in the Army Air Force in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands (1944-1946), remained at the Survey until his retirement in 1984. Most of his Geological Survey career has been in research positions, but he served as Program Supervisor of the Alaska Terrain and Permafrost Section (1952-1954), as organizer and leader of the first USGS marine geology program in teh Bering Sea (1966-1970), and as Chief of the Branch of the Arctic Marine Geology (1970-1972). After his retirement, he became a professor at the Alaska Quaternary Center at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Much of his research and publications have focused on the geological and archaeological facets of the Bering Sea Land Bridge. Hopkins died November 2, 2001 at his home in Menlo Park, California.

Taken from Curriculum Vitae..David M. Hopkins Papers. Series 2, Box 4, Archives, Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.