Louise M. Russell
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Louise M. Russell (May 6, 1905 – May 15, 2009) was a
Life and career
Russell was born on May 6, 1905, on the family farm in
In 1927 she began working for the
During and after her 48-year career with the USDA she published a total of 106 scientific papers, including descriptions of 84 new species of
An active member of the Biological Society of Washington, the Entomological Society of Florida, and the Washington Academy of Sciences,[4] she also spent much time helping others, including serving on graduate student committees as an adjunct professor at North Carolina State University. She was involved in many international events, including ten International Congresses of Entomology, and performed field research in Puerto Rico, El Salvador, India, Pakistan, and Colombia.[4]
Russell formally retired in 1975 at the federal government's mandatory retirement age of 70 with 48 years of government service, but continued to work over the following 25 years without pay as a collaborator with the USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory.[2][4] She published her last article at the age of 101.[4] She lived to the age of 104, dying on May 15, 2009, at Annapolis, Maryland.[1][2][3][4]
Honors and awards
In addition to her name appearing as the author of the 153 names she originated, she has been honored by her peers with at least 26 matronyms in three genera and 23 species.
Selected publications
- Russell, Louise May (1941). A Classification of the Scale Insect Genus Asterolecanium.
- —— (1948). The North American Species of Whiteflies of the Genus Trialeurodes.
- —— (1970). Additions and Corrections to an Annotated List of Generic Names of the Scale Insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). (This is a supplement to:
Morrison, Harold; Morrison, Emily Sweetland (Reed) (1966). An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera : Coccoidea). Miscellaneous publication (United States. Dept. Of Agriculture) ;no. 1015. Washington, DC: Agricultural Research Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture.LCCN agr66000355. .) - Kosztarab, Michael; —— (1974). An Annotated List of Generic Names of the Scale Insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea): Second Supplement.
References
- ^ a b c d e Miller, D.R. & Miller, G.L. 2011: Obituary: Louise May Russell, 1905-2009. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 113(1):79-89.
- ^ a b c d [Anon.] 2010. Cornell University Department of Entomology Newsletter, Vol 1, Issue 1, p. 15.
- ^ a b c d Cornell Club of Washington: CCWNEWS, February 2010, p. 3; http://www.cornellclubdc.org/resources/Newsletters/ccwnews201002.pdf, accessed 30 Dec 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l ESA: Louise M. Russell, ESA Fellow (1951), http://www.entsoc.org/fellows/louise-m-russell-esa-fellow-1951, updated May, 2012; accessed 30 Dec 2015.
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