Frank Waldreth Mead

Background

Mead, Frank Waldreth was born on June 11, 1922 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1947; Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, 1968.

Career

Research assistant department physiology, Ohio State University, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, summer 1941; research assistant department entomology, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1948-1950; Japanese beetle scout bureau entomology and plant quarterly, USDA, Columbus, summer 1948; biological aid bureau entomology and plant quarterly, USDA, Columbus, 1950-1953; entomologist division plant industry, Florida Department Agriculture, Gainesville, 1953-1958, 60; biologist IV, Florida Department Agriculture, Gainesville, 1983-1995; emeritus, Florida Department Agriculture, Gainesville, since 1995; research assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1958-1960; state survey entomologist, Federal-State Cooperative Survey, Gainesville, 1969-1980. Courtesy associate professor department entomology U. Florida, Gainesville, 1973-1995,emeritus, since 1995, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical U., Tallahassee, 1977-1995, emeritus, since 1995.

Achievements

• Frank Waldreth Mead has been listed as a noteworthy Taxonomic entomologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors, treasurer Alachua Audubon Society, Gainesville, 1968-1975, 77-82. Board directors Alachua County History Society (honorary lifetime member 1998), Gainesville, 1980-1982. Member steering committee Civitan Regional Blood Bank, Gainesville, 1977-1979.

Volunteer photographer P.K. Yonge Development Research School U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1978. With United States Army, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Veterans of Foreign Wars, Entomological Society American (board directors S.E. branch 1978-1979), Georgia Entomological Society, Florida Entomological Society (honorary, secretary 1968-1982, Certified of Appreciation1975, 82, 91, Certified of Merit 1986), Florida Mosquito Control Association, Entomological Society Washington, Society Systematic Biologists, Sons of the American Revolution (Benjamin Franklin chapter Columbus, Ohio), The American Legion (life), Sierra Club, Florida Track Club, Military Book Club, Alachua County History Society.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, history, birding.

Connections

Son of Arlington Alfred and Edith May (Harrison) M. Widowed; children: David Harrison, Gregory Scott.

Father:

Arlington Alfred Mead

Mother:

Edith May (Harrison) Mead

child:

Gregory Scott Mead

child:

David Harrison Mead