Hodgetts, John Edwin

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Hodgetts, John Edwin

1917-2009

John Edwin (Ted) Hodgetts was born on May 28, 1917, in Omemee, Ontario. At the University of Toronto where he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1939, he was also Rhodes Scholar and Gold Medallist. In 1940 he received the Master of Arts degree from the same University and proceeded on to complete the Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Chicago in 1946. From 1943 to 1945 Professor Hodgetts was a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Toronto. In 1945 he was appointed to the staff of Queen's University. During the next twenty years he was successively Lecturer, Assistant, and Associate Professor and, after appointment to full Professor, assumed the Hardy Chair of Political Science in 1961. From 1965 to retirement in 1982, he was Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. In 1967 he was appointed Principal of his undergraduate college, Victoria College, and from 1970 to 1972 was President of Victoria University within the University of Toronto. Professor Hodgetts then returned to full time teaching in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto and became Professor Emeritus as well as President Emeritus of Victoria University, upon his retirement. He ended up returning to Queen's in the 1990's, doing research under the Skeleton- Clark Visitor Fellowship until 2002. Dr. Hodgetts was also continually asked by various departments in the federal government to edit their reports, long after he retired. In 2005, Dr. Hodgetts was appointed to the Advisory Committee of the Gomery Commission Inquiry. During his long and distinguished academic career, Dr. Hodgetts held numerous prestigious awards. In June 1989, Dr. Hodgetts was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. He was active in several professional Associations and in addition to his editorial work, wrote numerous articles and book reviews in scholarly journals. Dr. Hodgetts also wrote several books including "From Arm's Length to Hands-On: the formative years of Ontario's public service 1867-1940" (1995), and "Sound of One Voice: Eugene Forsey and his letters to the press" (2000).

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