Background
Metcalf, Clell Lee was born on March 26, 1888 in Lakeville, Ohio, United States. Son of Abel Crawford and Catherine (Fulmer) Metcalf.
Metcalf, Clell Lee was born on March 26, 1888 in Lakeville, Ohio, United States. Son of Abel Crawford and Catherine (Fulmer) Metcalf.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1911, Master of Arts, 1912. Doctor of Science, Harvard, 1919.
Assistant, Ohio State University, 1911-1912. Assistant entomologist, North Carolina Department Agriculture, 1912-1914. Assistant professor entomology, Ohio State University, 1914-1919, professor, 1920-1921, professor entomology and head of department, University of Illinois, since 1921.
Chairman division of biological sciences, 1936-1938, secretary of the same since 1938.
Consulting entomologist, Maine Experiment Station, summers 1915-1917. Teacher of biology, Cornell Univercity, summers, 1918, 19.
Field entomologist, New York State Museum, summer, 1929. Chairman board of directors University Young Men's Christian Association.
Vice president Illini Pest Control and Service Company.
Author: Destructive and Useful Insects (with WordPress Flint), second edition, 1939. Key to the Principal Orders and Families of Insects (with Zeno Payne Metcalf), 1928. Fundamentals of Insect Life (with WordPress Flint), 1932.
Insects—Man’s Chief Competitors (with WordPress Flint), Century of Progress Series, 1932. Contributor bulletins and articles on biology and entomology.
Fellow Entomological Society America (secretary-treasurer 1921-1925. Member American Association Economics Entomologists (vice president 1940), American Association University Professors, Illinois Academy Science, Eugene Field Society, Sigma Xi (president Illinois Chapter, 1937-1938), Gamma Alpha. Clubs: Rotary, Chaos, Dial, Urbana Golf and Country (board manager since 1933).
Married Cleo Esther Fouch, December 31, 1908. Children: Robert Lee, James Richard.