Background
Linsley, Earle Gorton was born on May 1, 1910 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Earle Garfield and Marguerite (Vesper) Linsley.
Linsley, Earle Gorton was born on May 1, 1910 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Earle Garfield and Marguerite (Vesper) Linsley.
Bachelor of Science, University of California, 1932; Master of Science, University of California, 1933; Doctor of Philosophy, 1938; Guggenheim fellow, American Museum Natural History, 1947-1948.
Assistant department entomology and parasitology, University of California at Berkeley, 1933-1935;
teaching assistant, University of California at Berkeley, 1935-1937;
instructor, University of California at Berkeley, 1939-1943;
assistant professor, University of California at Berkeley, 1943-1949;
associate professor, University of California at Berkeley, 1949-1953;
professor, University of California at Berkeley, 1953-1974;
professor emeritus, University of California at Berkeley, since 1974;
department chairman entomology and parasitology, 1951-1959;
dean College Agriculture Science, 1960-1973;
associate quarantine entomologist, California Department Agriculture, 1938;
junior entomologist, Agricultural Experiment Station, California, 1939-1943;
assistant entomologist, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1943-1949;
associate entomologist, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1949-1953;
entomologist, Agricultural Experiment Station, since 1953;
assistant director, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1960-1962;
associate director, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1962-1973;
research professor, Miller Institute Basic Research Science, 1959-1960. Research associate Coleoptera, California Academy Science, since 1939. Collaborator Department Interior, 1953-1955.
Secretary American Committee Entomological Nomenclature, 1944-1948. Consultant National Science Foundation, 1967-1968. Member Galápagos International Science Project, 1964.
Member agricultural science planning committee Organisation Tropical Studies, 1968-1971. Member committee insect pests National Research Council-National Academy Science, 1963-1969.
Fellow California Academy of Sciences (Fellows award 1973), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Entomological Society of America (honorary member vice president 1948, president 1952), California City of C. (agricultural committee 1967-1973), Pacific Coast (honored member, secretary 1934-1938, 40-42, president 1938-1940), Canadian, Kansas entomological societies, Ecological Society of America, Southern California Academy of Sciences, American, Western societies naturalists, Society Study Evolution, Western Association Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (executive committee board directors 1961-1971), Society Systematic Zoology, American Forestry Association, Coleopterists Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Sigma, Gamma Alpha, Phi Mu Delta. Clubs: Commonwealth.
Married Juanita Murdoch, August 22, 1935. Children: Joan, James Murdoch.