Background
Anastos, George was born on January 9, 1920 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Peter and Kaliroy (Kakarakis) Anastos.
Anastos, George was born on January 9, 1920 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Peter and Kaliroy (Kakarakis) Anastos.
Bachelor of Science with distinction, University Akron, 1942. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1949.
Teaching fellow biology, Harvard, 1947-1949;
assistant professor zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1949-1951;
member of faculty, U. Maryland., 1951-1982;
professor zoology, U. Maryland., 1958-1982;
professor emeritus, U. Maryland., since 1982;
head Department, University Maryland., 1961-1968;
executive secretary, Institute Acarology, 1953-1958;
assistant director, Institute Acarology, 1958-1961;
lecturer, Institute Acarology, Ohio State University, 1962-1968. Special consultant United States Public Health Service, 1954. Consultant Department Defense, 1955-1965, National Science Foundation, 1961-1968.
Principal investigator grants and contracts National Institutes of Health and. Department Army, 1953. Science adviser World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1968-1975.
Director World Health Organization Regional ReferenceCenter, 1970-1975. Secretary general XV International Congress Entomology, 1975-1976.
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Washington Academy of Sciences, American Society Parasitologists, Helminthological Society Washington, Society Systematic Zoology, Entomological Society of America, Sigma Xi (president Maryland chapter 1962), Phi Sigma Kappa, Alpha Sigma Omicron (president Akron University 1941-1942).
Married Angelica Pappas, September 8, 1946. Children: Phyllis Catherine, Barbara Annual.