Hodge, Paul W.

Paul Hodge is Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at the University of Washington. He received his B.S. from Yale University in 1956 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1960. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Washington in 1965, he taught and did research at Harvard University, Hale Observatories, California Institute of Technology, University of California at Berkeley, and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The author of eighteen books and more than 470 articles, Hodge received the Beckwith Prize in astronomy from Yale in 1956 and the Bart J. Bok Prize in astronomy from Harvard in 1962.

Hodge has twice served as chairman of the astronomy section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1978-1979 and 1983-1984) and has been the editor of the Astronomical Journal since 1984. He served as associate dean of the Graduate School (1971-1973), associate dean of arts and sciences (1978-1980), and chair of the astronomy department (1987-1990) at the University of Washington. His major field of investigation at present includes the evolution of stars and galaxies.

From the guide to the Paul W. Hodge Papers, 1958-1975, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections)