Edward F. Knipling
Edward F. Knipling
The National Medal of Science – Biological Sciences 1966
Name: Edward F. Knipling
Birth: 20 March, 1909, USA
Death: 11 March, 2000, Arlington County, VA
Title: Director, Entomology Research Divisions
Affiliation: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Year Deceased: 2000
Award Discipline: Biological Sciences
Award Year: 1966
Citation: “For outstanding original contributions involving unique biological approaches to the control of insect vectors responsible for diseases of humans, domesticated animals and plants.”
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on Feb. 6, 1967
Education: B.S. 1930 & M.S. 1932, Entomology, Texas A&M College (now Texas A & M University)
Ph.D. Entomology, Iowa State University, 1947
Biography
Nat’l Medal Sciences
Biography
A Biographical Memoir by Perry Adkisson and James Tumlinson,
National Academy of Sciences, 11 pages, 15 pages total.