Bob Hodges (speed skater)

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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]

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

References

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  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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