Background
DeLong, Dwight Moore was born on April 6, 1892 in Corning, Ohio, United States. Son of George W. and Addie (Moore) Delete.
DeLong, Dwight Moore was born on April 6, 1892 in Corning, Ohio, United States. Son of George W. and Addie (Moore) Delete.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1914. Doctor of Science, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1941. Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1916.
Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1922.
Assistant department zoology and entomology, Ohio State University, 1914-1917;
instructor, Ohio State University, 1918;
assistant professor entomology, Ohio State University, 1921-1923;
professor, Ohio State University, from 1923;
associate director, Ohio Biological Survey, from 1943. Supervisor Sherwin Williams insecticide research investigation, 1934-1948. Supervisor Pittsburgh coal carbonization research project, 1938-1939.
Scientific expeditions to Mexico, 1939, 41, 45. Responsible investigator Office of Scientific Research and Development research project,1943-1945. National Research Academy and Quartermaster Corps. project, 1945-1948.
Fellow Entonological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Economic Entomologists, Ohio Academy of Sciences (president 1959-1960), Masons, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Mu Delta, Delta Theta Sigma.
Married Fannie Merchant, December 22, 1917. Children: Joan Elizabeth, Eleanor Jane, George Wesley.