Background
Mcatee, Waldo Lee was born on January 21, 1883 in Jalapa, Grant County, Indiana, United States. Son of John Henry and Anna (Morris) M.
Mcatee, Waldo Lee was born on January 21, 1883 in Jalapa, Grant County, Indiana, United States. Son of John Henry and Anna (Morris) M.
Graduated from the high school, Marion, Indiana, 1900. Bachelor of Arts, Indiana U., 1904, A.M., 1906.
1906, Oxford, Indiana Curator Museum. Indiana University, 1901-1904. Assistant Biological Expert.
1903; Assistant Biologist, 1904. In charge Economic Investigations in Ornithology, 1916. Assistant, in charge Division of Food Habits Research, 1921.
Biologist in charge, 1925-1928. Senior Biologist in charge, 1928-1929. Principal Biologist in charge, Division of Food Habits Research, United States Biological Survey, 1929 —.
Acting Custodian of Hemiptera, United States National Museum, since 1920. Author of more than 500 books, pamphlets, articles mostly on applied and popular science.
Author: A Sketch of the Natural History of the District of Columbia, 1918. Wildfowl Food Plants, 1939. Also more than 800 scientific papers, minaly on birds, insects and plants, folklore and dialect articles, and many popular articles.
Member United States Department of Agriculture Committee on Land Utilization, 1922-1930. Fellow Emeritus American Ornithologists’ Union. Member Cooper Ornithological.
Club, Wilson Ornithological. Club, Entomological Society Washington, Biological Society Washington, Free Thinkers of America, Indiana Academy of Science, N.E. Botanical. Club, Pacific Northwest Bird and Mammalogical Society, American Society of Naturalists, Wildlife Society (editor, 1937-1942), American Biological Society, American Dialect Society, American Folklore Society, Sigma Xi.
Member Fortean Society. Member Royal Hungarian Ornithological Institute. Club: Washington Biologists’ Field.
Married Fannie Eldridge Lawson, September 13, 1906 (divorced, 1939). Children: Alice Elfrida, Robert Bruce.