Name:Named in 1959 by Duncan Mckie in honour of Hatten Schuyler Yoder, Jr. (20 March 1921, Cleveland, Ohio, USA - 2 August 2003, Bethesda, Maryland, USA), geophysicist and petrologist, 4th Director of the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA) from 1971 to 1986. He conducted pioneering work on minerals under high pressure and temperature. He was noted for his study of silicates and igneous rocks.