Abstract :
Oliver B. Hodgson, lately connected with the Stone Franklin Company in the capacity of electrical engineer, died in New York on February 8, 1920, after a lingering illness. Mr. Hodgson was born in New York on November 20, 1887. He was graduated from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, in 1908, and the following year entered the employ of the New York Central Railroad, specializing later in axle lighting apparatus. He left the New York Central in 1917 to become electrical engineer with the Stone Franklin Company, which position he held until September, 1919, when he resigned on account of poor health. Mr Hodgson joined the A. I. E. E. as Associate in 1910.