Personal information | |
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Born | (1943-12-30)30 December 1943 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Died | 16 April 2021(2021-04-16) (aged 77) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Thesis | Sequence studies on rabbit skeletal tropomysin. (1971) |
Doctoral advisor | Lawrence Bruce Smillie |
Doctoral students | Jennifer Van Eyk |
Sport | |
Sport | Speed skating |
Robert Stanley Hodges FRSC (30 December 1943 – 16 April 2021) was a Canadian speed skater and scientist. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics. He later became a scientist, earning his PhD from the University of Alberta, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher under Robert Bruce Merrifield at Rockefeller University. He became a professor at the University of Alberta and later at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He died at his home in Saskatoon on 16 April 2021.
References
- "Bob Hodges". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bob Hodges Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Obituary: Dr. Robert Hodges HODGES". Saskatoon StarPhoenix/remembering.ca. 16 April 2021.
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