Willard Joseph Chamberlin
Willard Joseph Chamberlin | |
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Oregon State College | |
| Thesis | A study of the buprestidae of the north Pacific coast region (1930) |
| Doctoral advisor | J. O. Snyder |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/ | Army Air Service/Army Air Forces |
| Years of service | 1918–1919; 1941–? |
| Rank | Major |
| Awards | Croix de Guerre |
Willard Joseph Chamberlin (1890–1971) was an American
Cross of War (Croix de Guerre) and was recommended for the U.S. Distinguished Service Cross
.
Early life and military service
Chamberlin earned a Bachelor of Science at
Meuse-Argonne Offensive, France. He was recommended three different times for the Distinguished Service Cross.[4] He was discharged from active duty in February 1919 and became a professor at Oregon State.[5]
Chamberlin was recalled up to the military in May 1941, with the rank of
Sheppard Field in Texas, where he directed technical training at the Army Air Forces Technical School.[5]
Entomology
Chamberlin specialized in
jewel beetles (family Buprestidae) and bark beetles (subfamily Scotylinae).[2] He earned his PhD from Stanford University in 1930 with a dissertation on jewel beetles of the north Pacific coast.[6] His works include The Buprestidae of North America, exclusive of Mexico (1926) and The Bark and Timber Beetles of North America north of Mexico (1939), as well as the text book An Introduction to Forest Entomology and Entomological Nomenclature and Literature. In 1950, he sold his beetle collection to the California Academy of Sciences.[2]
Family
Chamberlin's daughter Hope Chamberlin (1918–1974) was a journalist and author whose book A Minority of Members won the 1974 Christopher Award for adult nonfiction.[7]
References
- ^ Oregon State College Bulletin. Corvallis: Oregon State College. 1957. p. 21.
- ^ ISBN 978-954-642-658-1.
- ^ Edmonston Jr., George P. "Up Close and Personal: The Flying Professor". OSU Alumni Association. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015.
- ^ Hodgin, C. E. (1919). "War Service of the University of New Mexico". University of New Mexico Bulletin (95): 21.
- ^ a b "Majors Brackenridge, Chamberlin Assist School Training Director". Sheppard Field Texacts. October 23, 1942. p. 17.
- ^ "A study of the Buprestidae of the north Pacific coast region". searchworks.stanford.edu. Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Biographical Note". The Hope Chamberlin Newspaper Columns. Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University.
- "Chamberlin, Willard Joseph: forest entomologist". Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon. Portland, OR: Capitol Publishing Co. 1942.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Hodgin, C. E. (1919). "War Service of the University of New Mexico". University of New Mexico Bulletin (95).
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