Alexander Graham Bell Fairchild

Background

Fairchild, Alexander Graham Bell was born on August 17, 1906 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of David Grandison and Marian Hubbard (Bell) Fairchild.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1941.

Career

Entomologist University Florida, Monticello, 1934-1935. Entomologist international health division Rockefeller Foundation, Brazil, 1935-1937. From junior entomologist to associate director Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Panama, 1938-1970.

Assistant professor University Minnesota, St. Paul, 1949-1950. Research associate division plant industry Florida Department Agriculture, Gainesville, since 1980. Adjunct professor University Florida, Gainesville, 1970-1980.

Consultant tropical medical parasit study section National Institutes of Health, Washington. Lecturer University Michigan, Douglas Lake, 1955-1956.

Achievements

• Alexander Graham Bell Fairchild has been listed as a noteworthy medical entomologist, taxonomist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Major Sanitary Corps., 1943-1946. Member Entomological Society of America, Entomological Society Washington, Cambridge Entomological Club, Entomology Society Florida.

Connections

Married Elva Russell Whitman, June 18, 1938. Children: Alice Bell, David.

Father:

David Grandison Fairchild

Mother:

Marian Hubbard (Bell) Fairchild

Spouse:

Elva Russell Whitman

child:

David Fairchild

child:

Alice Bell Fairchild