Education
University at Buffalo, The State University of New New York Cornell University.
University at Buffalo, The State University of New New York Cornell University.
He was listed in American Men of Science and Who"s Who in America. During his 36 years in government service, he often was called upon to provide his beetle expertise to the Smithsonian Institution and entomological organizations in the United States and elsewhere. He once provided entomological advice to writer John Steinbeck and found himself quoted on the subject of killer bees in the opening of Arthur Herzog"s best-selling novel "The Swarm".
Ramsay studied under Albert R. Shadle and graduated from the University at Buffalo with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.
Continuing his education at Cornell University, Ramsay graduated with a Master of Science degree in Mammalogy. While living in Staten Island, Ramsay was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Entomology from Cornell in 1941, and gained employment with the United States. Department of Agriculture.
Ramsay was one of the first few Doctor of Philosophy holders in service to the Department, and thus, colleagues bestowed him with the nickname "Doc". Encouraged by Shadle, "Doc" Ramsay then married Alberta June Wentworth, a beautician and owner of Alberta"s Beauty Shop, from Canisteo.
From 1950 to 1956, he served as a port entomologist, and then in 1967 was appointed to APHIS. He retired in 1977.
Doctor Ramsay was also a former president of the Insecticide Society of Washington. Alberta Ramsay died in 2003. Two years later, Maynard Ramsay died of pneumonia on March 20, 2005, in a Silver Spring nursing home.
The couple resided in Bowie, Maryland.
Washington Post obituary
The text in this obituary is the same as the text in the pamphlets handed out by the family at the funeral. Evening Tribune obituary
This obituary delves into more detail.
New York Times obituary.
