Bob Hodges (speed skater)

Bob Hodges
Personal information
Born(1943-12-30)30 December 1943
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died16 April 2021(2021-04-16) (aged 77)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
ThesisSequence studies on rabbit skeletal tropomysin. (1971)
Doctoral advisorLawrence Bruce Smillie
Doctoral studentsJennifer Van Eyk
Sport
SportSpeed skating

Robert Stanley Hodges FRSC (30 December 1943 – 16 April 2021) was a Canadian speed skater and scientist.[1] He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics.[2] 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.[3] He became a professor at the University of Alberta and later at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.[3] He died at his home in Saskatoon on 16 April 2021.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Bob Hodges". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c "Obituary: Dr. Robert Hodges HODGES". Saskatoon StarPhoenix/remembering.ca. 16 April 2021.


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