1923 - 2003 (80 years)
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Jeremy Hodson |
Born |
22 Feb 1923 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
21 Oct 2003 |
Alexandria, Virginia, USA |
Person ID |
I24153 |
Family Tree |
Last Modified |
10 Sep 2017 |
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- Jeremy Hodson
Development Economist
Jeremy Hodson, 80, a retired development economist who worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development and as a consultant, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Oct. 21 at Inova Alexandria Hospital .
Mr. Hodson, an Alexandria resident, was born in Minneapolis and grew up in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. He served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II.
He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1948 with a degree in political science and received a doctorate in economics from the University of Paris in 1950. He also studied at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
From 1951 to 1957, Mr. Hodson worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Based in Beirut, he worked in Egypt, Gaza, Syria and Lebanon on agricultural and small-business projects to enable Palestinian refugees to become self-supporting.
At the Agency for International Development from 1958 to 1970, he served in Brazil and South Vietnam and then at the agency's offices in Washington. His duties included reviewing assistance programs for nine Far East countries.
Beginning in 1972, he was an international development consultant, traveling throughout Africa, Eastern Europe and elsewhere, and providing economic analysis on contract for the Agency for International Development and other clients. He retired in 1990.
An avid traveler, Mr. Hodson spoke French, Italian, Spanish and Arabic. He played violin with such groups as the Mount Vernon Chamber Orchestra and was a skiing enthusiast. He was a longtime member of the Hollin Hills Civic Association and Tennis Club before moving last year to Washington House in Alexandria.
Survivors include his wife, Alba Hodson of Alexandria; a son, William Hodson of Charlottesville; and a daughter, Andrea Hodson of Somerset, Va.
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