Cyril E. Pemberton

Background

Pemberton, Cyril E. was born on August 12, 1886 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of William S. and Elizabeth (Hampton) Pemberton.

Education

Stanford, 1911; Distinguished Service Cross (honorary), University of Hawaii, 1951.

Career

Married second, Mildred Lucas Yokom, November 1935;With United States bureau of Entomology, 1911-1918, advancing to assistant entomologist. Member 2d Hawaiian Infantry, 1918-1919. With Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association since 1919, entomologist since 1928.

Engaged in citrus-fruit insect investigations, California, 1911-1912, Mediterranean fruit-fly investigations, Honolulu, 1913-1918, rat control and bubonic plague, Hawaii, 1923-1924.

Has made explorations in relation to insect pests on principal islands of the Pacific. Commissioner, Hawaii Board of Agriculture and Forestry since 1943.

Chairman insect control committee Pacific Science Board, National Research Council, since 1946.

Achievements

• Cyril E. Pemberton has been listed as a noteworthy entomologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member 2d Hawaiian Infantry, 1918-1919. Member American Association Economic Entomologists, International Society Sugar Cane Technologists (chairman insect pest committee), Hawaiian Academy Sciences, Hawaiian Entomological Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Una Craig, June 1911. Married second, Mildred Lucas Yokom, November 1935.

Father:

William South. Pemberton

Mother:

Elizabeth (Hampton) Pemberton

Spouse:

Mildred Lucas Yokom

Spouse:

Una Craig