ENTOMOLOGY AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

On the cover:

Inspection of a honeybee colony on the east side of

Whitten Hall, MU campus. Date unknown.

This manuscript began as Special Report 380, A History of Entomology, published in 1988 by the Missouri Agricultural

Experiment Station. Appreciation is extended to all enromology faculty and friends who contributed to the current version.

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Entomology at the University of Missouri

Prepared in part by various Department of Entomology faculty

and edited by Robert D. Hall

Special Report 469

College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

University of Missouri-Columbia

December 1994

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The University of Missouri,

founded in 1839, was the

first state university and

the first land-grant institution

established west of the Mississippi

The

River, and it was the first educa­

tional entity in the western half of

the United States to offer instruc­

tion in entomology. Today, the pri­

mary mission of MU's Department

of Entomology is to provide strong

programs in the three principal

areas of teaching, research and

extension.

Department

The resident teaching program

offers all undergraduate and gradu­

ate courses in entomology at MU,

contributes the entomology portion

to many courses offered by other

departments and provides interna­

tionally competitive graduate educa­

tion leading ro the master of science

and doctorate degrees in entomology.

In research, the department has

developed and sustained a balanced

program in fundamental and

applied entomology to meet the

of Entomology's agricultural and entomolog­

ical needs of Missouri, pri­

marily, but also of the

regional, national and inter­

national communities. In

role in its centennial year

addition, the research pro­

gram meets the instructional

requirements of advanced under­

graduate and graduate students and

advances the science of entomology.

Extension entomology develops

and initiates programs that con­

tribute and update information on

insects and insect problems to

extension area specialists, agricultur­

al producers, rhe agribusiness indus­

try, pes r-co nrrol operators and citi ­

zens throughout Missouri.

Extension also provides educa tional

opporrun iries in entomology for

off-campus srudenrs fro m Missouri.

In irs I OOrh yea r, MU's

Department of Entomology

remains unique and essential to

Missouri for information and con­

trol recommendations on insects

and rheir allies and on i nsecricide

use and safety. Ir consrirures a viral

pan of a reaching, research and

extension network. Along wirh

orher departm ents of entomology,

sta te and federal agencies and al lied

organizations , ir forms part of a co l-

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lecrive national resource.

Insects benefl r us as pollinaco rs,

predators, paras ites and producers

of honey. However, each year,

insects in Missouri damage subsran­

ri al amounts of food and fiber,

rransm ir pathogens co plants and

animals and are a severe nuisance co

humans and animals in borh urban

and rural se ttings. In addition co

dangers posed by pes t insects

indigenous co Missouri , species

immigrating inco and across rhe

United Scares pose co nstant th reats

as well. The meadow spirrlebug,

sourhwes rern corn borer, horn Ay,

European corn borer, alfalfa weevi l,

face Ay and western corn roorworm

are examples of introduced pes ts

rh at now ca use widespread damage

Early photograph of Whitten Hall, original home of the MU Department of Entomology (I 903 -1960). Note the insectary at rear. Date unknown.

ro Missouri crops and livestock.

The Asian ri ge r mosquico is a

recently introduced pes r rhar could

cause a major human health prob­

lem in Missouri , and rhe full impact

of ri ckborne pathogens is on ly now

being measured. Ir is a marrer of

rime befo re pes ts such as Japanese

beetl e and gypsy morh beco me fully

established across the sta re.

T he discipline of entomology is

unique among rhe life sciences

because there are more species of

insects rhan all other species of ani ­

mals combined, because of rheir

high reproductive potential and

because of the extensive impact rhey

have on humans and in nature.

MU's Department of Encomology

has high-quality facu lty, staff and

studems se rvin g the needs of

Missouri . C urremly, 18 res ident

and adjunct enro mo logy pro fesso rs

comprise rhe graduate facul ty, and

13 are on the doctoral faculty . This

experrise cove rs most essenti al ento­

mologica l disc iplines.

Teaching, resea rch and exten­

sion, along wirh graduate programs,

wo rk toge ther benefi ciall y to ensure

stronge r programs in each fun cti o n.

An additional strength is that su h

interacti o n of fun ctions has p ro­

duced superi o r-quality graduate stu ­

dents who have bee n successful in

securing profess ional pos itions.

Resea rch ass isra nrsh ips and stipends

are competitive with most o ther

entomology departments in the

United Stares.

T he Deparrmenr of

Ento mology also is uniq ue and

strengthened by hav ing a coopera­

ti ve p rogram with rhe U.S.

Department of Agri culrn re's

(USDA) Bio logica l Co ntro l of

Insects Resea rch La borato ry. loca ted

on a I 0-ac re tract in Columbia, as

well as with the U DA Resea rch

Unit on H os t Plant Res istance in

co rn. Eigh t USDA resea rch scien­

ti sts hold adjunct o r nonregula r aca­

demi c appo inrmenrs in rhe depa rr­

ment and interact w ith the deparr­

men r's fac ul ty, stud ems and pro­

grams. T he departm ent also has

cooperative resea rch pro jects with

rhe olumbia N atio nal Fisheries

Resea rch Laboratory.

Evaluatio ns by o utside peer

reviewers have bee n co mp lime ntary

of the Depa rtment of Ento mology's

p rograms. T he 1983-84 Go urman

Report ran ked the qual ity of MU's

Departmem of Entomology gradu­

ate program as 22nd in the nati on.

Of those ranked higher, abo ut half

generally would be recognized as

being at the top while Misso uri and

the remaining d epartments would

be co nside red am ong the to p thi rd

of all entomo logy departments in

the nati o n to offer co mparabl e pro­

grams. Such ran kings have

re mained relat ively stable during the

past decade.

Early MU ento­mology research laboratory. Date unknown.

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A professorship of narural

history was one of the

original faculty positions

established at the newborn

University of Missouri. Dr. Edward

H . Leffingwell was the incumbent

in 1844, only five years after MU

was established. He earned $500 a

year plus one-sixth of all student

fees, which at that time added per­

haps $300 to his annual salary.

From the opening of the uni­

versity, the subject matter of ento­

mology was taught as an essential

portion of natural-history instruc­

tion. The standard enromological

textbook for many years was T. W

Harris' Insects Injurious to

Vegetation, which the catalog of

1844 said had been a gift tO the

urnversity.

Dr. A. Litton replaced

Leffingwell for a year, and Dr.

The

George Swallow succeeded him in

1851. In 1853, Swallow was

appointed state geologist, and

Professor J. Locke succeeded him.

By act of legislature, effective June

6, 1860, the president of the uni­

versity and all the faculty were dis­

missed. The board of curarors then

reestablished four departments, one

of which was named Natural

History and Natural Philosophy.

Dr. Joseph G. Norwood led this

department for a number of years

before becoming dean of the med­

ical faculty.

In 1868, Charles Valentine

Riley was appointed state entomol­

ogist of Missouri with the state

board of agriculture and in 1869

was appointed non-residem profes­

sor of entomology at MU. He

served as lecturer in enromology

with the university until 1875 and

was officially responsible for 10 lec­

tures annually. The invasion of

Missouri by the Rocky Mountain

grasshopper and the Colorado pota-

to beetle during

early years the 1860s created a

demand for insect­

control technology.

of entomology at MU 4

Charles Valentine Riley (1843 - 1895)

Riley's series of lengthy papers on

his pioneering research, known as

the Missouri Reports and written

while he was at the university, have

become classics of American enro­

mology. These reports, his associa­

tion with the famous U.S .

Entomological Commission and his

subsequent entomological career are

well-known. The university awarded

him an honorary doctorate in 1873.

The MU board of curators

requested in April 187 4 that Riley

provide, by July of that year, an

insect collection to support scientif­

ic studies and tO serve as reference

material. Riley assumed the role of

curaror and used duplicate speci­

mens from his personal insect col­

lection and from the state board of

agriculture's cabinet. The min~tes

of the Dec. 9, 1874, curators' meet­

ing reflect that the "Entomological

Cabinet" ha<l been prepared. T har

"ca hin er" consr i rn tes rhe precurso r

of rhe current W ilbur R. Enn s

Enro mological Mu seum , which

occupies rh e so uth -central third

Fl oor of rhe Ag ri culture Building

and co ntains more than ne million

arrhropod spe imens, prin cipa ll y

spec ies from M issouri.

M U 's College of

Agriculture (now the

Co llege of Agriculture,

Food and N::ttura l Resour es) was

estab lished in 1870, ::ind Swa llow

was recall ed to become rh e fl rsr pro­

fessor of agriculrure and natura l sci­

ence :md later dea n of the Co llege

(1872). In his reporr on a p ro posed

co urse of srudy, he sa id that enro­

mology should have a prominenr

ro le, and he reco rn mended the

study of bee culture and rhe are of

sil kworms. W hen Ri ley d iscontin­

ued his lectures, the College co m­

bined entomo logy and zoology and

co ntinu ed to offer the subjec ts. Ar

th is rime, a course in insect class ifi ­

ca tion and the srudy of farm and

ga rden pe rs was offered in rh sec­

ond semeste r of rh e sophomore

yea r.

In 1878, S. M. Tracy was

;i ppoinred professo r of entomo logy

and economic born ny, as we ll as

superin rendenr of grounds, raki ng

over the work in entomo logy from

Swallow. H e continu ed in this role

unti l 1887, when fo r one year L. R. Ta fr, ass is ra n r professo r of horticul ­

ture and zoology, offered cou rses in

enrornology and beekeepin g. Or.

George D. Purinton came as a pro­

fesso r of botany in 1887 and in

1888 served as professo r of boran y

and enromology in the Coll ege. In

1890, his titl e was changed ro pro­

fe so r of bota ny, enromology and

zoology. He co ntinued to reach

enro rno logy unti l 1894, when a sep­

arate professo rship of entomology

was es tab lished in the a llege.

During the years 1889- 1893, T'.

Smirh, E. L. Kil bourne and C.

C urtice, entomologists and veteri ­

nary resea rchers with th e USDA,

MU entomology resem·ch laborato­ry in Whitten Hall. Mid-1930s.

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L. Haseman and associate working with bees on the MU campus. Date unknown.

e rablished that the di sease Texas

ca ttl e fever was caused by a micro­

co pi c para ire transm itted by

Boophil us ri cks. This resea rch, con­

ducted ar MU, was the fir r proven

The

lee C. Warth, a disabled World War I veteran and an old-time Missouri bee­keeper, with P.C. Stone in 1963. Warth, who lived alone on his remote farm near Van 810-en, donated money to the MU Depat·t:rnent of Entomology "to pro­mote beekeeping and a better understanding of the usefulness of bees." Warth died the following year.

insta nce of an arrhropod-vecto red

li vestock pathogen and remains

remarkab le fo r th e fact thar trans­

miss io n is rransovari al. T heir

resea rch paved the way fo r eradi ca­

tio n programs that ultimately eli mi­

nated rhe Texas carrl e feve r ri k

from the Un ited Stares.

establishment

In 1895, J . M. Stedman came

to th e unive rsity as pro fesso r of

en tomo logy and as ento mologist fo r

rhe Agr icultural Experiment

Sta tio n, probab ly as a direct result

of public pressure brought about by

an in vas io n of Missour i by San Jose

scale in the ea rly 1890s. In rh ar

yea r, th e Deparcment of

En tomology was officially estab­

lished wirhin the College of

Agriculture. George I. Reev s came

to the staff as instructo r in 1903,

and C. R. C rosby

of the Department fo llowed him

from 1904 to

1 906. Leonard

H aseman sue-

of Entomology 6

ceeded Cro by in

1906. D uring 1907 and 1908 ,

w hil e Sted man was abroad,

H aseman was in charge of the

Departmenr of Enromo logy. T he

enrire deparrmenr was vacam lrom

Seprember l 909 ro Augusr 19 1 0

while Ha~ema n pursued his clocro r­

are at orn II. In all , Sred man was

chairman from 1895 to 1909.

Haseman succeeded Srcdman as

chairman in 19 10. H e also fil led rh e

roles of enro mologisr of rhe

Agricu lrn ra l Ex perimem Stari o n

and of chief planr in specror. In

1925, he assumed the add iri nal

role of rare enro mologisr. In 1929,

rhe regularo ry wo rk of planr inspe -

rio n was rra nsfcrred ro rhe state

boa rd of agriculture, leav in g

Haseman frc ro devore ful l time ro

the work ol rhe deparrmen r.

Befo re rh e crea tion of a separate

Department of Enromology in

1895, courses in entomology had

been offered along wirh other b io­

logical sc ience courses, and enroll ­

ment was small. From 1895 to

1909, one or two begin ning co urses

in encomology were offered yea rl y

ro agricultural students, and in

some years advanced courses were

offered to a few students, especially

rhose interes ted in entomology.

Enrollm ent reached a peak of 4 1

students during 1908 .

r [ was not until 19 l 5 that the

departmental fa cul ry bega n to give

serious rhoughr to graduate instruc­

tion. At that time, curricula leading

ro rhe master's and docto ral degrees

were established, an d rhe first mas­

ter of science and doctorate degrees

in enromology were awarded in

19 17 and 19 18, re~ pec t ively. O ne

of the iniri al master\ degree~ wa~

granred to A. H . Holli nge r and was

based , in parr, on a S[Udy oF

M issouri scale insects.

B erwecn 19 10 and 1929, a

number of enromologisrs

se rved as ass istants and

instructors wirh Hase man. Amo ng

rh em, in chron ological order, were

T. J. Ta lbert , C. C . Vinson, K. C.

Sulli van, Ho lli nger, S. R. McL111e,

j . H. Snow, 11. Bock, 0. C.

McBride, C. N. Davis and N.

Turn er.

Ln 1929, T. E. Birkerr beca me

i nsrrucror in entom ology and co n­

tinu ed to tea h as an ass istant pro­

fesso r u nt i I 1943. He was abse nr

during 1943 ro 1947 but subse­

quently rernrn ed to ex tension edu-

Leonard Haseman (!884 - 1969)

ca tion, reach ing entomology by co r­

respondence. He co minued in rh ar

ro le until he retir ed in 1964.

The Haseman era

of the Department

of Entomology 7

Philip Carlton Stone (1911 - 1968)

Unti l 1940, the reach ing stafl

in cnromo logy gcncrn ll y had been

no large r than two facu lt y, but in

that ye:ir Phi lip C. Sto ne and Harry

E. Brown join ed as instructo rs in

entomology. Both were absent dur­

in g World Wa r II , bu t they returned

m rhe facu lry afre rwa rd. During th e

wa r yea rs, Lee Jenkins and Dr. Ruth

Sro ne, who wa~ r C. Sro ne's wife,

ca rri ed on the wo rk of instruction

and adm inistration in enrom ology.

Ruth Sro ne was rhc first wo man

wi th an offlc i:.d cnromologica l posi­

rion in M is"ouri and in th e

MU entomology teaching /,aboratory. Date unknown.

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Department of Entom ology. In

1946, forme r resea r h ass ista nt

Cu nis W. W ingo and Enn join ed

as 1nsrru cro rs.

O rga nized ex tension work in

rh e deparrm enr bega n in 19 16, fo l­

low in g a nari onal rrcnd in itiated by

rhcSmirh-LcverActin 19 14,

alth ough members of th e re ident

srn ff h:id begun ro make fi eld su r­

veys and give demon strations on

co ntrol of in sec t pes ts as e:i rly as

1895. Ea rly ex tension programs

foc used on chinch bug, sca le insec t

:ind grasshopper co ntrol ys tems.

En tomology exrension proje r lead­

ers over rhe years have included C.

C. Ham ilton , Talbert, A. . Burrill,

0. Wade, G . D. Jones, H. Baker, V.

E. Burk, S. Kyd, Geo rge W.

Thomas, Wilfred S. C raig, T homas

R. Yonke, R. Eugene Munson, and

Wayne C. Bailey. In 1965, fo llow­

ing nationwide co ntroversy rega rd­

ing use and potential misuse of pes­

ti cides, raig was appointed to the

entomology ex tension projecr to

coordinate educarion in the safe use

of these chemicals.

Most of rhe resea rch in the

depa rtment's ea rly years dealt with

the biology and ontrol of rhe

major Missouri insect pests, with

fruit and truck crops re eiving the

most at tention. Also studied were

the insect pests of fi eld crops, such

as Hess ian fl y, chinch bug, corn ea r­

worm and grasshoppers. H aseman

sa id , "The true effectiveness of

experimenr station research is to be

measured by rhe success it has had

in bringing rhe resulrs of these

researches directly to bear on the

solurion of rhe unsolved insect

problems of Missouri farmers, fruit

growers and general laymen." In

1934, during a year of extensive

drought, MU extension enromolo­

gists dispensed and demonstrated

effective use of about one million

gallons of federally obtained ch inch

bug oil. T his saved enough forage

to keep most of Missouri 's livestock

herds intact.

The C. V. Riley Entomological

MU entomology laboratory in basement of Whitten Hall Mid-1930s.

Society, which currently serves as

the student organization for ento­

mology within the uni versity, was

established in 1935 . The depart­

ment's growth during the early parr

of this century was slow, and for

many years it consisted of only two

faculty members to five faculty

members. By the early 1940s, how­

ever, the deparrment numbered

eight faculty who foc used on under­

graduate teaching, applied research

and extension.

In 194 1, G. W. Bock, a physi­

cian in Sr. Louis, donated his pri­

vate co llection of abour 300,000

beetles to Enns' supervision . Later,

another St. Louis physician, E. P.

Meiners, donated his collection of

35,000 insects. T hese gifts signifi ­

cantly bolstered Ril ey's

"Enromological Cabinet" and set

the stage for future acquisitions by

the Enns Enrornologica] Museum .

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A num ber of impo rra nt devel­

opments and studies have been co n­

ducred within MU's entom ology

d eparcmenr. In 1944, H aseman and

L. E. C hild rs demo nsua red rhar

feeding ho neybee co lo nies a diet

co nrainin g sul fa thiazo le (a sul fa

drug developed during World War

II ) protected them aga inst

A merica n foulbrood disease. T his

finding sav d millio ns of do llars for

dom es ti c ap iculrnrisrs.

The firs t survey encornologisr

positio n in rhe United States was

fill ed at MU in 1953 by George

T hom as. During rhar yea r, rhe

board of curarors approved fu ndin g

for the esrablishm enc of a bona fide

enromological museum , which fur-

The

rher expanded rhe nucleus esrab-

1 ish ed by Ri ley in 1874.

Haseman retired in 1954

after 46 yea rs of se rvice

and after se rvin g as

chai rman of rhe Departm ent of

Enromo logy for 44 years, lo nge r

than any o rher cha irman's tenure in

rh e MU sysrem . Sro ne was appo int­

ed chairm an ar rhar rime and se rved

until 1968, when he died suddenly

of a hea rt arrack.

In 19 56, P. L. Adkisson and L.

Jen kins es rabl ished a research pro­

gram to invesrigare the insecr pesrs

of corro n , co rn, soybea ns and veg­

etables in rhe far mlands of southeast

M issouri. This program moved

from Sikeston ro Portageville in

1960 when MU's Delta Center

opened. In 1957, Wingo, of rhe

Departtnent of Entotnology frotn the 1950s to today 10

Harry Eugene Brown (1911 - 1977)

D epartment of Entomology, and

co ll eagues from the School of

Medic in e es rablished rl1 ar rhe

brown recluse sp ider, Loxosceles

reclusa, caused many necrotic

les ions on humans throughouc rhe

south central United Scares. In

1960, Srone, in co llaboration wirh

T. D. Luckey of rh e biochemistry

department, demonstrated hor­

moligosis in crickets (growrh stimu­

lated by smal l amounts of a material

chat actually was harmful in larger

quantities). These results were

important in subsequem nutrirional

expe rt men ts.

In 1960, the department moved

from Whitten Hall to its current

home in the Agriculture Building.

In 1964, the construction was

approved for the USDA's Biological

Control of Insects Research

Laborarory (BCIRL), and F. R.

Lawson was appointed director. The

research ento mologists ass igned

we re first housed in the Agr iculture

Bui lding with the Departmenr of

Entomology, bur from 1965 to

1967 rhey were located tempora ril y

at 6 11 Misso uri Ave., in a universi­

ry-prov ided structure. Work on the

main laboratory in Resea rch Park

began in 1966, the USDA entomol­

ogists moved from the Misso uri

Avenue locuion in ro the first-co m­

pleted building at Research Park

(the lnsectary) in 1967 and the cur­

renr BC IRL building opened in

1968.

Staffi ng of rhe depa rtment

increased throughout the 1950s and

1960s to meet changing agricul rura l

needs. Significant changes during

this time included a shi ft of foc us

toward grad uate educat ion and an

in creased emphas is on entomo logi­

ca l research. As new fac ul ry bega n

ro replace r tiring or departing

members, shi fts in expertise allowed

the depa rtmenr to remain in rhe

forefront of national research priori -

tt es .

By 1968 , the Departmenr of

Entomo logy fac ul ty had increased

MU Agriculture Building, home of the Department of Entomology since 1962. Photograph, taken from Hitt Street by J Jarman, features the southwest entrance.

ro 15 professorial positions involv­

ing teaching, research and exten­

sion. Enns acted as chai rman for

approximately one year and Dr. C.

0. Knowles fo r a shorter period,

umi l Dr. M. L. Fairchild became

chairman in 1969. In 1980 ,

Fa irchild left this po ition to ass ume

responsibilities as coordinato r of

pest management for the a ll ege,

and Yonke was appointed interim

chairman at th at tim e and contin-

uecl as hair until 1988.

In 1976, the entomology

departmenr d iscominued its under-

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gradua[e-degree program in ento­

mology ro co ncentra[e resources on

integrated pest ma nagem ent and

graduate educa[i on . Fac ul ty co ntin ­

ued w [each severa l co urses fo r

undergradua[es bo th wirhin and

outs ide o f th e Coll ege o f

Ag ri culture. T he m as ter o f science

and docto ra l p rograms g rew in

strength during th e 1970s and

1980s by improvin g the quali ty of

instructio n and by invo lving gradu­

a[e students as an integra l part of

the departmenr 's o[h er miss io ns,

espec iall y resea rch. During thi s

time, th e re ea rch progra m acquired

more extern al gram suppo rt, and

several facul ty were hired as o r shift­

ed ro ex tensio n- research joint

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appo in tments, add ing ro th e jo int

pos itio ns already existing becween

teaching and research.

In 1976, D r. D. Barry was

appo int d as resea rch enr mologist

with the USDA Host Plant

Res istance Resea rch Unit and was

ho used in the entomology depart­

ment. Durin g 198 1ro1 983 , a uni ­

versity-wide realloca tio n program

and general reductio n o f fund ing

led to the loss of three regular pro­

fesso ri al pos itio ns, o ne resea rch spe­

cialist and o ne administrati ve ass is­

tant in rh e department. This trend

co ntinued when a second resea rch­

spec iali st pos itio n was lost in 1987

ro meet furth er realloca tion and a

third was lost in 1993 .

T he department rece ived a

majo r endowment in 1984 in the

form of the G ilbreath -McLo rn

beques t , a direct result o f Harry

Brown's ex tensio n entom ology

involvement with o rnamental plants

and trees . Yo nke roo k :i yea r's leave

o f absence in 1988 to act as interim

associate dea n for agri culture ex ten­

sio n programs in the College, and

Dr. G. M . C hippendale was

appo inted interim chairman.

Subsequentl y, the latter appo int­

ments became permanent.

In 1989, the Coll ege o f

Agri culture underwent a major

administrative reo rga nization

found ed o n departmental clusters or

Resource AJloca ti o n Units. T he

MU entomology faculty, early 1980s. Photo taken on the south steps of the Agriculture Building. Left to right; front row: Munson, Yonke, Sanders, Craig; second row: Thomas, Barry, Knowles, Fairchild, Jones; third row: Keaster, Brandenburg, lgnojfo, Linit, Chippendale, Enns; back row: Hall.

departments of Enrn mology,

Agro nomy, Horri culrure and Pl:111r

Path logy we re, <ir rh ar rim e, co m­

bined inrn rhe Plant Sciences Un ir.

In effe r, rh e dcp::mmcnra l fun c­

rions of fisca l man:.igement and fac­

ulty ev;:i lu ar ion we re co nso li darcd at

this Unit leve l. Beca use inceprion o r

elimination of universiry ac;:idem i

programs requires act ion by the

board or' ur:irors, rh e Dep::i rrm en1

MU entomology faculty, 1994. Photo taken on the

south steps of the Agriculture Building.

Left to right; front row: Chippendale, Putt/er,

Smith, Craig; second row: Bailey, Backus, Goodman,

Steiner; third row: Munson, Sanders, Sites,

Mcintosh, Knowles; back row: Linit, Hall Barrett,

Keaster, lgnojfo, Enns. Not pictured: Jones, Showier, Sorenson, Wingo, Barry,

Coudron, Greenstone. Photograph by}. Jarman.

of Enromology remai ns responsibl e

for the postgraduate curricu lum in

emomology. C hipp nda le's adminis­

trat ive duti es were broadened ro

enco mpass coo rdin Jrion or pl::int

pathology as well as enromology,

and in 1994 rh me duri es were

hro:1dened funh er to include parrial

responsibi li ry :is asso iatc d irector of

the Agr icultural b perirnenr

Station.

urren tly, 11 professo ri al facu l­

ty remain on regular appo inrmenr

in th e department, plus five nonreg­

ular fa ulry wit h profe so ri al ride.

Six sciemisrs from rh e Agriculrural

Resc::irch ervice, U DA, currendy

hold adjuncr professo ri al appoinr­

mcnrs in the department.

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Entomology professorial factJty at the University of Missouri since the late 1950s.

Name Year Rank Entomological specialty Current Status 0994)

P.L. Adkisson ] 956 Assisram Professor Field crops Resigned, 1958

E.A. Backus 1984 Associate Professor Behavior Acrive

W.C. Bai ley 1985 Associate Professor Forage crops Active

B.A. Barren 1990 Assis rant Professor Horticultural in sects Ac rive

B.D. Barry 1975 Adj unct Professor Host-planr resista nce Ac rive

TE. Birkert 1929 Professor General ento mology Retired, 1964

C.C. Blickenstaff 1957 Instructor Forage crops Ti·ansferrecl, I 963

R.L. Brandenburg 1981 Ass istam Professor Forage crops Resigned, 1985

K.E. Brown 1973 lnsrrucror Urban, veterinary Resigned, ] 975

H.E. Brown 1940 Professor Emerirns Plant-related e11lomology Retired, 1973

G .M. Chippendale 1968 Professor Physiology and biochemistry Acrive

T.A. Couclron 1984 Adjuncr Associate Professor .lnsecr biochemistry Active

W.S. Craig 1965 Professor Extension Retired, 1985

D.M. Daugh erty 1961 Adjunct Professor Biocontrol, 1961-70; Kenya Project, 1988-92 Res igned, J 992

L.M. English 1978 Instructor Pesticide Impact Assessme11l Resigned, 1982

W.R. Enns 1946 Professor Emerirus Taxonomy Retired, 1978

M.L. Fairchild 1959 Professor Emeritus Pest management Retired, 1993

C.L. Goodman 1994 Research Assista11l Professor Biological conrrol Active

M.H. Greensrone 1984 Adjunct Associare Professor Biological comrol Acr ive

R.D. Hall 1977 Professor Medical and veterinary Acrive

K. Harrendorf 1958 Assistanr Professor Catron insects Resigned, 1980

L. Haseman 1906 Professor Emeritus Apiculture Retired, 1954

E.C. Houser 1964 Instructor Insect survey Resigned, 1968

J.L. Huggans 1.968 Associate Professor Field-resting specialist Died, 1981

C.M. Ignoffo 1971 Adjunct Professor Biological control Ac rive

A.L. Jenkins 1942 Associate Professor Horticulrural insects Rerired, 1966

J.W. Johnson 1985 Assisrant Professor Honiculrural insects Resigned, 1989

F.G. Jones 1976 Associate Professor Emerirus Extension Retired, 1991

W.H. Kearby 1969 Professor Forest insects Resigned, 1980

A.J. Keaster 1962 Professor Field crops Acrive

R.L. Kirkland 1976 Assisranr Professor Biologica.l conrrol Resigned, 1981

C.O. Knowles 1965 Professor Toxicology Active

F.R. Lawson 1964 Adjunct Professor Biological control Transferred, 1971

M .J. Linir 1981 Professor Forest insects Active

A.H. Mcintosh 1984 Adjunct Associate Professor Insect rissue culture Acrive

J.W. Mullins 1979 Assisranr Professor Cotton insects Resigned, 198 l

R.E. Munson 1957 Associate Professor Survey, field crops Active

D .C. Peters 1957 Assisranr Professor Field crops Resigned, 1959

L.L. Perers 1964 Inscrucror Livestock, 4-H Resigned, 1972

B. Puttler 1994 Extension Assisranr Professor Biological control Ac rive

M.E. Roof 1979 Instructor lnregrared Pesr Management Resigned, 1982

D.P. Sanders 1982 Professor Urban entomology Active

A.T. Showier 1993 Research Assisranr Professor Pest managemenr Active

R.W Sires 1991 Assisranr Professor Taxonomy Acrive

G.S. Smith 1992 Exrension Assistant Professor Pest managemem Acrive

C.E. Sorenson 1992 Research Assisrant Professor Pest managemenr Active

W.M. Steiner 1985 Adjunct Associate Professor Biological control Active

P.C. Srone 1940 Professor Insect nutrition Died, 1968

G.W.Thomas 1947 Associare Professor Extension, survey Retired, 1983

R.H. Ward 1977 Assistant Professor Population dynamics Resigned, 1982

C.W. Wingo 1946 Professor Medical and veterinary Retired, 1977

F.E. Wood 1960 Instrucror Survey, 4-H Resigned, 1964

T.R. Yonke 1967 Professor Biosysrematics Died, 1994

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