Ball, E. D. (Elmer Darwin), 1870-1943

found: OCLC, 01-26-2000(hdg.: Ball, E. D. (Elmer Darwin), 1870-1943 ; usage: E.D. Ball, Elmer D. Ball, Elmer Darwin Ball)

found: Wikipedia, February 7, 2019(Elmer Darwin Ball; Elmer Darwin Ball (21 September 1870--5 October 1943) was an American entomologist; Ball is known for his contributions to the knowledge of the leafhoppers, treehoppers, froghoppers, and other related insects; he was born in Athens, Vermont and died in Pasadena, California; he earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from Iowa State College in 1895 and 1898, respectively; after a brief stint as a school teacher and then assistant principal of Albion Seminary, he began teaching zoology and entomology at Iowa State College, and then at Colorado Agricultural College; after this he became a Professor in the Utah Agricultural College; he received his Ph. D. from Ohio State University in 1907; that same year he became the dean of the Utah Agricultural College; in 1916, Ball became the state entomologist of Wisconsin for two years before returning to serve as the head of the department of zoology and entomology at Iowa State; he served as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture from 1920 until 1921; he was employed at the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1921-1925 as the scientific research director; he then worked for the Florida State Plant Board, where he researched insect pathogens of celery; in 1928, he was appointed dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Arizona)