Willard Hall Whitcomb

Background

Whitcomb, Willard Hall was born on July 2, 1915 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Howard Clarkson and Nelle Georgia (Hall) Whitcomb.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Bates College, 1938. Postgraduate, University Rostock, Germany, 1939. Master of Science, Texas Advertising & Marketing University, 1942.

Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1947.

Career

Graduate assistant, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1942-1943, 45-47; entomologist, Ministerio Agricultura y Cria, Maracay, Venezuela, 1947-1952; entomological research supervisor, Shell Agricultural Station, Shell Oil Corporation, Cagua, Venezuela, 1952-1956; professor entomology, University Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1956-1967; entomologist, Big Bend Horticultural Laboratory, Monticello, Florida, 1967-1969; professor entomology, University Florida, Gainesville, 1969-1984; entomologist, president, Fito Technica Floridana, Inc., Gainesville, 1984-1993. Entomological consultant Food and Agricultural Organisation United Nations, Asuncion, Paraguay and Lima, Peru, 1983-1987, Pacific Cons. International, Asuncion, 1991.

Discoverer 1st cotton boll weevil in South America, Venezuela, 1949, Paraguay, 1991. Founder palm and hibiscus gardens Kanapaha Botanical Garden, Gainesville, since 1984. Member palm board Florida Community College, Jacksonville, since 1987.

Achievements

• Willard Hall Whitcomb has been listed as a noteworthy Entomologist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Corporal United States Army, 1943-1945. Member Entomological Society of America, American Registry Professional Entomologists, Florida Entomological Society (certified appreciation 1975, achievement award in research 1983), Florida Department Agricultural (research associate, plant protection award of eminence), Entomological Society Paraguay.

Interests

• Avocations: palm cultivation, hibiscus cultivation, languages.

Connections

Married Dorothy Elaine Goodwin, January 7, 1943.

Father:

Howard Clarkson Whitcomb

Mother:

Nelle Georgia (Hall) Whitcomb

Spouse:

Dorothy Elaine Goodwin