Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1890, Aug. 3 | Born, Hyde Park, Mass. |
| 1913 | B.S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. |
| 1914 | Researcher, Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture |
| 1917-1919 | Lieutenant of cavalry, U.S. Army, during World War I |
| 1919 | Married Estelle Hulse |
| circa 1920-1945 | Scientific investigations focused on the European corn borer and corn earworm, Department of Agriculture |
| 1927 | Sc.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1936-1942 | Discovered and developed oil-insecticide treatment of sweet corn and seed corn for the control of the corn borer |
| 1945 | Retired from government service |
| circa 1945-1948 | Studied the toxicity of insecticides such as DDT, Rutgers University, Brunswick, N.J. |
| 1948, Dec. 5 | Died, New York, N.Y. |