Hudson Hoagland

Hudson Hoagland (December 5, 1899 – March 4, 1982) was an American neuroscientist, president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1961 to 1964.[1]

Originally from Rockaway, New Jersey, he graduated from Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University, and was a Guggenheim fellow.[2] [3] His scientific specialty was electroencephalography.[4] He died in 1982 in Southboro, Massachusetts.

Legacy

In 1985, he co-founded the Worcester Foundation, now merged with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The foundation funds biomedical research at Chan Medical School, a foundation that developed the birth control pill.[5][6]

Works
  • Hoagland, Hudson (July 1949). "Schizophrenia and Stress". Scientific American. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0749-44.
  • Hoagland, Hudson (1964). "Science and the New Humanism". Science. 143: 111–114. doi:10.1126/science.143.3602.111.

References
  1. "Hudson Hoagland". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  2. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Hudson Hoagland". Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  3. Robbins, Wallace Woodsome (October 1982). "Hudson Hoagland" (PDF). Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 92: 239–241.
  4. Davis, Hallowell. "Hudson Hoagland as an EEG pioneer" (PDF). www.ifcn.info.
  5. "Hudson Hoagland Society". UMass Chan Medical School. 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  6. "Hudson Hoagland Society announces annual grants to five UMMS researchers". UMass System. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
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