Dr. Carolyn H. Rhodes was born Carolyn Hodgson on May 16, 1925 in Birmingham, Alabama. Her parents were Lester Rhodes Hodgson and Dolly Griffin Hodgson. Dr. Rhodes has Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and English from the University of Alabama, a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from Columbia University and a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Kentucky. She earned her Ph.D. in English in 1965 from the University of Kentucky. While in college, Dr. Rhodes administered psychometric tests for the Veterans Administration in Lexington, Kentucky and worked as an Editorial Assistant for Railway Age Magazine. She was a Haggin teaching fellow for nine semesters, from 1957-1963, and an instructor of English Language Orientation for Indonesian students from 1964-1965. Dr. Rhodes moved to Virginia and began as an Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University (then Old Dominion College) in 1965. She became an Associate Professor in 1969 and a Professor of English in 1978. During her tenure at Old Dominion University, Dr. Rhodes worked as the Principle Investigator for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Pilot Grant in Women's Studies. The grant, which ran from May 1977 to August 1978, helped establish the Women's Studies program at ODU, the first of its kind in Virginia. Dr. Rhodes was also a co-founder of the Friends of Women's Studies organization, established in 1985 to provide monetary support to keep Women's Studies alive. From September 1982 to July 1983, Dr. Rhodes was a Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature at Babes-Bolyai University in Romania. She received a second Fulbright to lecturer in American Literature at Peking University in Bejing, from September 1986 to August 1987 Dr. Rhodes passed away in March of 2019 and had two children, Richard (b. 1949) and Babette (b. 1951). Chronology Date of Birth: May 16, 1925 Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Alabama: 1945 Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Alabama: 1945 Master of Arts in Psychology, Columbia University: 1947 Master of Arts in English, University of Kentucky: 1959 Doctorate in English, University of Kentucky: 1965 Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University: 1965 Associate Professor, Old Dominion University: 1969 Principle Investigator, NEH Pilot Grant, Women's Studies: 1977-1978 Professor of English, Old Dominion University: 1978 Fulbright Lecturer, Romania: 1982-1983 Co-founder, Friends of Women's Studies: 1985 Fulbright Lecturer, Bejing: 1986-1987 Date of Death: March 24, 2019

Note written by Kelly C. Barbour