Leo Dale Newsom
American entomologist
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Leo Dale Newsom's Degrees
- PhD Entomology University of California, Davis
- Masters Entomology University of California, Davis
- Bachelors Biology Stanford University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Leo Dale Newsom was an American entomologist and specialist on crop pest management particularly in cotton and soybean cultivation and was known for his approaches to Integrated Pest Management. Newsom's was born in Shongaloo, where his father was a cotton farmer and his mother was a teacher. He went to the local high school and grew up with an interest in dogs and hunting. In 1936 he went to study at the Louisiana Technological University where he became interested in entomology. He moved to Louisiana State University and obtained a BS in 1940 while also becoming a college boxing champion. He then went to Cornell University but the war interrupted his studies, and he joined the US Army Medical Corps in 1942 working on mosquito and louse control. He returned to Cornell in 1946 and received his PhD with studies on "The Biology and Economic Importance of the Clover Root Borer, Hylastinus obscurus " in 1947. His contemporaries included Floyd Miner, Willard Whitcomb, and Robert L. Metcalf. He then moved to Louisiana State University and worked on the entomology of cotton and other pests for the rest of his life.
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