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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectHomer L. Dodge
Dates
1887 – 1983
Authorized Form of Name
Dodge, Homer L. (Homer Levi), 1887-1983
Additional Forms of Names
Dodge, Homer L.
Biography
Abstract
Physicist (electrical measurements) and educator. Homer Dodge was on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma as head of physics department (1919-1942), dean of graduate school (1926-1944), and organizer and director of Oklahoma Research Institute (1941-1944). Dodge was also a founder, first president, and member of Governing Board of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) from 1933 to 1939, director of the Office of Scientific Personnel, National Research Council (1942-1944), and president of Norwich University (1944-1950).
Important Dates
1887Birth, Ogdensburg (N.Y.).
1910Obtained BA, Colgate University, Hamilton (N.Y.).
1912Obtained MS, University of Iowa, Iowa City (Iowa).
1914Obtained PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City (Iowa).
1915 – 1916Graduate assistant; instructor; and assistant professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City (Iowa).
1919 – 1942Chair of Physics Department, University of Oklahoma, Norman (Okla.).
1926 – 1944Dean of Graduate School, University of Oklahoma, Norman (Okla.).
1930 – 1939Founding member, first President, and member of Governing Board, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
1941Organized the Oklahoma Research Institute and was first Director, University of Oklahoma, Norman (Okla.).
1942 – 1944Director, Office of Scientific Personnel of the National Research Council (NRC).
1944Awarded Oersted Medal, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
1944 – 1950President, Norwich University, Northfield (Vt.).
1947 – 1950President, Sigma Pi Sigma.
1983Death, Mechanicsville (Md.).
Occupation
Applied physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Citations
From the finding aid of the Homer L. Dodge papers, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD.
Relationships
People
Family
Dodge, Fletcher
Brother.
Dodge, Isabella Donaghue
Mother.
Dodge, Margaret Wing
Wife, married in 1917.
Dodge, Norton Townshend
Son.
Dodge, Orange Wood
Father.
Wallace, Alice Dodge
Daughter.
Advisors & Collaborators
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
Collaborated in founding of American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Klopsteg, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1889-
Collaborated in founding the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Collaborated in founding the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Richtmyer, F. K. (Floyd Karker), 1881-1939
Collaborated in founding the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Collaborated in founding the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Webster, Arthur Gordon, 1863-1923
Dodge served as a summer Research Assistant to Webster. Webster shared Dodge's concerns of the teaching of physics.
Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976
Collaborated in founding of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Additional
Barton, Henry Askew, 1898-1983
Pegram, George Braxton, 1876-1958
Institutions
Major Positions
National Research Council (U.S.). Office of Scientific Personnel
Director.
Norwich University
President.
University of Iowa. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained MS (1912) and PhD (1914) and was a graduate assistant, an instructor, and an assistant professor.
University of Oklahoma. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Chair of Physics Department.
University of Oklahoma. Graduate College
Dean.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Association of Physics Teachers
President and founding member.
Colgate University
Obtained BA.
Sigma Pi Sigma
National President.
Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (U.S.)
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Homer L. Dodge addition to papers, 1905-1994.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Homer L. Dodge papers, 1852-1994 (bulk 1910-1960).
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Homer Levi Dodge, 1963 January 23.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Reminiscences of Homer Levi Dodge: oral history, 1963.
Oral History Research Office
Columbia University
Box 20, Room 801 Butler Library, New York, NY 10027, USA
Subject
American Association of Physics Teachers project: oral history, 1963.
Oral History Research Office
Columbia University
Box 20, Room 801 Butler Library, New York, NY 10027, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers. Records of David Locke Webster, 1930-1958.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers. Records of early history, 1929-1966.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Institute of Physics. Office of the Director, Henry A. Barton, 1931-1964.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with David Locke Webster, 1963 January 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Frederic Palmer, Jr., 1963 January 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Marshall Ney States, 1963 January 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
A laboratory manual of physics
Problems in physics : Derived from military situations and experience