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1893
The company was founded by A. Johnson Dodge in Boston, Massachusetts. He manufactured embalming chemicals in the basement of his home, while his wife Clara did the bookkeeping. He also traveled the country holding training sessions for students of embalming. The demand for embalming began in the U.S. at the time of the Civil War (1860's), but few trained embalmers existed.
1907
A.J. set up a permanent school…The New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Science, and Embalming...in the front rooms on the first floor of his home.
1910
The school was chartered as a tax-free, educational institution to separate the school from the business.
1921
Dodge produced the first issue of Climbing the Ladder, an educational magazine for funeral directors that is currently called The Dodge Magazine.
1923
One and two day Dodge continuing education seminars were started. These take place in various locations around the country and are attended by graduate, licensed embalmers. |
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1927
Our first shipping warehouse was set up in Los Angeles, California. Others followed in Fort Worth, Texas and Chicago, Illinois.
1934
The Dodge Company (Canada) was set up in Toronto.
1957
Dodge started annual, week-long continuing education programs for funeral directors which are still held today.
1983
Dodge began manufacturing and selling its own line of cremation urns. (Cremation urns had been in Dodge's catalog as far back as 1926.)
1984
The Dodge Company, Ltd. was established in Whitchurch, England.
Present
Dodge is the world's largest manufacturer of embalming chemicals. We currently have over 100 employees in the USA.
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