Sun Journal publishes feature on honorary degree recipient
The Sun Journal published an article about Auburn native and University of Maine alumnus Kenneth Hodgkins. Hodgkins, a leader in developing and maintaining peaceful international use of outer space, was one of two honorary degree recipients during UMaine’s 215th Commencement. Hodgkins grew up farming sheep on Dillingham Hill in Auburn and now lives in Alexandria, Virginia, where he is the director for the Office of Space and Advanced Technology in the Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs in the U.S. State Department, according to the article. He also serves as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). “Growing up where I did with the kids I grew up with, everybody worked. Everybody did hard work and everybody had kind of a vision of what they wanted to do,” Hodgkins said. “That part of it really helped me in my career and also with dealing with people, here in the U.S. and around the world.”