Background
Caffrey, Donald John was born on November 17, 1886 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of John Francis and Mary Abbie (Treacey) Caffrey.
Caffrey, Donald John was born on November 17, 1886 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of John Francis and Mary Abbie (Treacey) Caffrey.
Graduated from the high school, Gardner, Massachusetts, 1905. Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, 1909, graduate study, 1909-1910. Bachelor of Science, Boston University, 1909.
Assistant entomologist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 1910-1913. Same, United States Department of Agriculture, research on cereal and forage insects, in southwest, Colorado and California, 1913-1917, on wire-worms in Maryland., 1917-1918, successively assistant entomologist, associate entomologist, entomologist, senior entomologist, in charge European corn borer research, 1918-1934. Assistant chief division of truck crops and garden insects, bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, United States Department of Agriculture, since March 1, 1934.
Member American Association Economics Entomologists, Entomological Society America, Entomological Society Washington. Club: Cosmos.
Married Laura Mae Couture, of Toledo, Ohio, January 29, 1934.