 In the early 1900s, Hoskins would also become the director of Hoskins Manufacturing Co., based in Detroit, creating electric heating appliances and pyrometers.He was made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and was also a charter member of the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society (ACS), of which he was the chairman in 1897, later becoming the national ACS's vice-president.Hoskins Manufacturing eventually become Hoskins Process Development Co., of which he was the president.