Background
Wallis, Robert Charles was born on October 30, 1921 in West Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of Thomas Frederick and Louise Marie (Leutbecker) Wallis.
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Robert Charles Wallis
Edit Profileentomologist epidemiology educator
Education
Bachelor of Science, Ohio University, 1948. Master of Science (honorary), Ohio University, 1950. Doctor of Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1953.
Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1979.
Career
Graduate fellow zoology Ohio University, Athens, 1948—1950. Graduate assistant United States Public Health Service. Fellow in parasitology Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1950—1953.
Assistant entomologist Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, 1953—1963, professor entomology. Associate professor epidemiology Yale University, 1963—1978, professor epidemiology, since 1978. Chief section medical entomology, since 1963.
Consultant United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, since 1981, International Health Consultant, Washington, since 1984. Former scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, 1936—1942. Served United States Army, 1942-1946, PTO.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Army, 1942-1946, Pacific Theater of Operations. Fellow American College Epidemiologists. Member American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Entomological Society American (auditing committee), Entomol.Soc.
Washington, American Entomological Society, American Mosquito Control Association (research and development committee), American Society Parasitologists, Connecticut Entomological Society, Northeast Mosquito Control Association (science advisor), British Society for Parasitology (founder), American Public Health Association, American Institute Biological Sciences, New York Academy Sciences, American Legion, Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Theta.
Member United Ch.Christ.
Interests
Connections
Married Grace Eileen McLaughlin, October 17, 1953 (deceased 1980). Children: Thomas Frederick III, Robert Charles Junior.
