C. W. Woodworth Award

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Charles W. Woodworth (1865–1940) was the founder of the Entomology Division at the University of California, Berkeley. He made many significant contributions to the science of Entomology. His publications were very extensive and included nearly every field of entomology. A few of his most outstanding works are: "A List of the Insects of California (1903), The Wing Veins of Insects" (1906), "Guide to California Insects" (1913), and "School of Fumigation (1915). He was the first editor and first contributor to the University of California Publications in Entomology. He is also credited with first breeding Drosophila in quantity and with suggesting to W. E. Castle that Drosophila might be used for genetical work.

He was an 1889 charter member of the American Association of Economic Entomologists. This group merged with the Entomological Society of America, founded 1906, in 1953. The Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America gives an annual award called the C. W. Woodworth Award. This award, the PBESA's largest, is for achievement in Entomology in the Pacific region of the United States over the previous ten years. This award is principally sponsored by C.W.'s great-grandson, Brian Holden, and his wife, Joann Wilfert, with additional support by Dr. Craig W. and Kathryn Holden, and Dr. Jim and Betty Woodworth.

**Partial List of C. W. Woodworth Award Winners**
Year	Winner	Affiliation	#
2006	Dr. Jocelyn Millar	University of California, Riverside	38th
2005	Dr. John D. Stark	Washington State University	37th
2004	Dr. Victoria Y. Yokoyama	USDA Agricultural Research Service	36th
2003	Dr. Keith S. Pike	Washington State University	35th
2002	Dr. James Hagler	USDA Western Cotton Research Laboratory	34th
2001	Dr. Robert S. Lane	University of California, Berkeley	33rd
2000	Dr. Jay F. Brunner	Washington State University	32nd
1999	Dr. Wyatt W. Cone	Washington State University	31st
1998	Dr. Harry Kaya	University of California, Davis	30th
1997	Dr. Jacqueline L. Robertson	USDA Pacific Southwest Research Station	29th
1996	Dr. Marshall W. Johnson	University of California, Riverside	28th
1995	Dr. Nabil N. Youssef	Utah State University	27th
1994	Dr. Michael K. Rust	University of California, Riverside	26th
1991	Dr. Thomas F. Leigh	University of California, Davis	23rd
1990	Dr. Philip F. Torchio	Utah State University	22nd
1989	Dr. Stanley C. Hoyt	Washington State University	21st
1988	Dr. John R. Anderson	North Carolina State University	20th
1987	Dr. Robert Washino	University of California, Davis	19th
1985	Dr. Carl A. Johansen	Washington State University	17th
1981	Dr. Harry Laidlaw	University of California, Davis	13th
1980	Dr. George P. Georghiou	University of California, Riverside	12th
1979	Dr. William G. Wellington	University of British Columbia	11th
19xx	Dr. Carl Barton Huffaker	University of California, Berkeley	-
19xx	Dr. Ray F. Smith	University of California, Berkeley	-
19xx	Dr. William Harry Lange Jr.	University of California, Davis	-

A box containing the older records of the PBESA and which likely contains the names of the first few recipients of the award is located in the special collections section of the library at U.C. Davis.