Background
Laidlaw, Harry Hyde was born on April 12, 1907 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Harry Hyde and Elizabeth Louisa (Quinn) Laidlaw.
Laidlaw, Harry Hyde was born on April 12, 1907 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Harry Hyde and Elizabeth Louisa (Quinn) Laidlaw.
Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1933, Master of Science, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy (University fellow, Genetics fellow, Wisconsin Dormitory fellow, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation fellow), University of Wisconsin, 1939.
1child, Barbara Scott Laidlaw Murphy. Teaching assistant Louisiana State University, 1933-1934, research assistant, 1934-1935. Professor biological science Oakland City (Indiana) College, 1939-1941.
State apiarist Alabama Department Agriculture and Industries, Montgomery, 1941-1942.
Entomologist First Army, New York City, 1946-1947. Assistant professor entomology, assistant apiculturist University of California-Davis, 1947-1953, associate professor entomology, associate apiculturist, 1953-1959, professor entomology, apiculturist, 1959-1974, associate dean College Agriculture, 1960-1964, chair agriculture faculty, staff, 1965-1966, professor entomology emeritus, apiculturist emeritus, 1974.
Coordinator University of California-Egypt Agricultural Development Program, Agency for International Development, 1979-1983. Rockefeller Foundation grantee, Brazil, 1954-1955, Sudan, 1967.
Honored guest Tamagawa University, Tokyo, 1980.
Trustee, Yolo County (California) Medical Society Scholarship Committee, 1965-1983.
Served to captain Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Entomological Society American (honoree special symposium 1990, C.W. Woodworth award Pacific branch 1981). Member American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Integrative Biology, National Association Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome, Retired OfficersAssn.
(Second vice president Sacramento chapter 1984-1986), Scabbard and Blade, Sigma Xi (treasurer Davis chapter 1959-1960, vice president chapter 1966-1967), Alpha Gamma Rho (president Louisiana chapter 1933-1934, counsellor Western Province 1960-1966).
Married Ruth Grant Collins, October 26, 1946.