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 William 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.

[edit] Award winners

Partial List of C. W. Woodworth Award Winners
Year Winner Affiliation #
2008 Dr. Brian Federici University of California, Riverside 40th
2007 Dr. Nick Toscano University of California, Riverside 39th
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.

[edit] See also

The John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award

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