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Hudson Hoagland

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'''Hudson Hoagland''' (December 5, 1899 - March 4, 1982) was an American [[neuroscientist]], a Guggenheim Fellow, the founder of the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research and a recipient of the American Humanist award.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== Career ==
Hoagland was born in [[Rockaway, New Jersey]] and graduated from [[Columbia University]] in 1921. He received his Master's Degree at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1924 and his doctoral degree in biology at [[Harvard University|Harvard]] in 1927. He conducted studies of electrical brain waves to shed light on various issues including [[schizophrenia]].<ref></ref> He helped with the creation of the [[Combined oral contraceptive pill|birth control pill]] in partnership with Gregory Pincus and Dr. Min-Cheuh Chang.<ref name=":1"></ref> With [[Gregory Goodwin Pincus|Gregory Pincus]], he was in charge of the formation of the [[Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research|Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology]] in [[Shrewsbury, Massachusetts]] in 1944.<ref name=":0" /> It has since been renamed the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research and is a research center for biological discovery.<ref name=":1" /> He was the director and president of the Foundation until 1967 and was also a professor at [[Tufts University]] (1946-1950) and at [[Boston University]] (1950-1968) until his retirement.<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== Recognition ==
Hougland was a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim Fellow]] from 1944-1945<ref> Hudson Hoagland|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/hudson-hoagland/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> and received honorary doctorates from [[Colby College]], [[Wesleyan University]], [[Clark University]], [[Bates College]], Boston University and [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]].<ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He received the Modern Medicine Award in 1965 and the Worcester Engineering Society Award in 1969.<ref name=":2" />

He was the president of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1961-1964) and a trustee of [[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution|Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute]].<ref name=":1" />

In 1965 he was named the Humanist of the Year by the [[American Humanist Association]].<ref></ref> In 1973 the Society of Biological Psychiatry gave him their Gold Medal Award.<ref name=":3" />

The Hudson Hoagland Society was created in 1985 in honor of Hudson Hoagland to recognize major annual contributors to the Worcester Foundation. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== Family ==
He was married to Anna Plummer Hoagland, who died in 1973. Together they had four children, sons Dr. [[Mahlon Hoagland]] and Peter and daughters Joan Humphrey and Joan Holland.<ref name=":0" /> Hoagland died on March 4, 1982 in Southboro, Massachusetts.

== References ==


[[Category:American humanists]]
[[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard University alumni]]


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