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
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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
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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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