William H. Wood Komp

Background

Komp, William H. Wood was born on March 16, 1893 in Yokohama, Japan. Son of Frederick and Carrie Joanna (Wood) Komp.

Education

Brought to the United States, 1895. Derivative citizenship. Student Massachusetts State College, 1911, New York University, 1912.

Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, 1916, Master of Science, 1917.

Doctor of Science, 1955. Fellow in agriculture Cornell, 1917.

Career

Mistress Harry M. Williams). Ensign, United States Public Health Service, 1918, advanced through grades to captain, 1944, malaria control. Visiting staff member Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Republic of Panama, 1931-1947.

Traveling representative Pan-American Sanitary Bureau, 1937.

Research in malaria, since 1921. Loaned to Rockefeller Foundation International Health Division for research on yellow fever, Colombia, 1936.

Consultant to Creole Petroleum Company, Venezuela, 1936. United Fruit Company, tropical divisions, 1924-1930, Institute Inter-American Affairs (consultant malaria), since 1942.

Chairman commission on entomology Pan-American Sanitary Conference, Rio, 1942.

Achievements

• William H. Wood Komp has been listed as a noteworthy entomologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Member American Mosquito Control Association, National Malaria Society, Sociedad Venezolano de Ciencias Naturales (correspondent. Member), American Academy Tropical Medicine, Isthian Medical Society (Panama), Entomological Society Washington, Washington Academy Medicine, Chi Psi.

Connections

Married Mildred Crowell, September 1, 1914.

Father:

Frederick Komp

Mother:

Carrie Joanna (Wood) Komp

Spouse:

Mildred Crowell