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obit
Posted by | Posted in color theory, todges | Posted on 10-10-2008
The first thing I do in the morning, for the past month, has been to sleepily shuffle into my den and pull up The Post’s obit page(s). It is in this too-bright light that I squint and search for Todges’ obituary. If I had time to make coffee before getting my routine in motion, believe me I would. And I would sit there and enjoy a cup while I slowly woke up. But that doesn’t happen. I digress. And then get dressed. (Sometimes I’m clever in the morning too.)
This morning as I’m checking I’m thinking that I’ve had enough of this daily checking and that I’m not going to do it anymore. But of course then today is the day. The link to the actual page is here but I’ll paste the entire entry as well:
M. Todd Hodges Creative Director
M. Todd Hodges, 40, a creative director at Gratis Internet, a Washington-based company that earns money giving away iPods and other items to consumers who sign up for corporate promotions, died Sept. 2 at George Washington University Hospital. He had lung cancer.
Mr. Hodges, a District resident, spent the last few months of his life at Gratis. He previously was a contract art director in the marketing department of washingtonpost.com from March 2007 to April 2008.
Earlier, he was a creative director at public relations firms and was co-owner of an advertising agency, Blitz Creative Partners in Washington.
Michael Todd Hodges was a native of Jacksonville, Fla., and a 1990 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University. He settled in the Washington area in 1993 to work in graphic design.
He was a ceramics student at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, where he won an award in 2005 for outstanding achievement in ceramics. He taught color theory in the school’s graphic design department.
Survivors include his mother, Patricia Hodges of Jacksonville; his father, retired Navy Cmdr. James Hodges of Stafford; and two brothers, Scott Hodges of Brunswick and Ryan Hodges of Jacksonville.
I am so sorry to learn of Todd’s passing. I went to high school with Todd. I knew then he was special. He was a great friend and I am sorry that I lost touch with him. My heart goes out to his friends and family.