Alexander Carlton Hodson

Alexander Carlton Hodson (17 June 1906 – 13 March 1996) was an American entomologist and a professor at the University of Minnesota. He is known for his work on ecological approaches to applied entomology.

Hodson was born in Reading, Massachusetts, where his father worked in a paint business into which he too joined. He then received a BS from the University of Massachusetts in 1928 and an MA in 1931 from the University of Minnesota, followed by a PhD in 1935. He worked under Victor E. Shelford at the Puget Sound Biological Station and became influenced in ecological entomology.[1] Along with his student Huai C. Chiang, he also developed laboratory techniques such as for the rearing of Drosophila.[2] As a hobby, Hodson also maintained notes over a 51-year period on the first leafing and flowering of trees in the university campus.[3]

Hodson became a professor at the University of Minnesota where he served until his retirement in 1974. His work was on economic entomology. A lecture series named after him was begun in 1975 as also a Hodson Hall at the university.[4][5]