HAROLD L. HODGKINSON MAT’55

HAROLD L. HODGKINSON MAT’55, a lecturer, writer, and analyst of demographics and education, whose findings influenced social policy, died Mar. 4, 2016. He was 85. After receiving his BA from the University of Minnesota, he received a master’s from Wesleyan and then a doctorate in education from Harvard University. Before his involvement with demographics, he was dean of the school of education at Simmons College, dean of Bard College, associate professor and project director at the University of California, Berkeley, a director of the National Institute of Education, a director of the American Management Association, and director or board member of numerous other corporations and professional groups, as well as a consultant. He was elected president of the American Association of Higher Education in 1971. The author of 12 books, three of which won national awards, he also authored hundreds of articles and was editor of several journals. He received 12 honorary degrees. His work with demographics consumed more than 25 years. He wanted educators and employers to realize that the increasingly diverse population by race and nationality of baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964 necessitated structural changes throughout educational institutions and the workplace. In his capacity as director of the Center for Demographic Policy at the Institute for Educational Leadership he was commissioned by several state agencies to produce 28 state profiles and numerous profiles of metropolitan areas. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Ann Hodgkinson; three daughters from his previous marriage; two daughters from his wife’s previous marriage; nine grandchildren; his sister; and his former wife, Barbara Hodgkinson.