Kary Cadmus Emerson

Kary Cadmus Emerson (born on 13. March 1918 in Sasakwa , Oklahoma , United States , died on 23. June 1993 in Sanibel , Florida ) was a staff officer of the US Army , veteran of the Pacific War , entomologist , Parasitologist and university teacher.

Life

Emerson attended public schools in Oklahoma and then went to Oklahoma State University to study zoology . In 1939 he earned his bachelor's degree and in 1940 his master's degree. He then joined the US Army to pursue an officer career in the infantry.

When the United States entered the war, Emerson was stationed in the Philippines. In April 1942 he was captured by the Japanese as a prisoner of war due to the surrender of the Philippine and US armed forces on the island of Bataan . After the death march of Bataan , Emerson was imprisoned for several years in prisoner-of-war camps in the Philippines, Formosa and Japan. After the war, Emerson continued his military career and held various positions in the 2nd Armored Division of the United States Army at Fort Hood and in Germany in the 1950s . From 1959 he served in Washington, DC and represented the armed forces on various political bodies. Emerson received numerous military awards from the United States, the Philippines and South Korea and was discharged as a colonel from the US Army in late October 1966 . He then served as a senior officer in the United States Department of Defense .

As a biologist, Emerson has been involved in medical entomology since graduation . He soon focused on the ecology , taxonomy, and distribution of the ectoparasites . After his return from captivity, Emerson received his Ph.D. in biology from Oklahoma State University and pursued his academic career alongside his military service. He dealt intensively with the jaw lice , the taxonomy of which was in a chaotic state at the time. Emerson initially supported his colleagues Theresa Clay and George Henry Evans Hopkins in their work on their checklist of the genera and species of the jaw lice published in 1952 . 20 years later he himself published a checklist of the North American jaw lice in four volumes. In nearly 45 years as a researcher, Emerson has authored more than 180 scientific publications, including the first descriptions of a family, 11 genera and subgenera, and more than 200 species and subspecies of animal lice.

Emerson has taught at Oklahoma State University, Command and General Staff College, and the Far East Branch of the University of Maryland 's Overseas Program . In addition, he supervised students and doctoral students from numerous other universities in their entomological research.

Emerson was a member of numerous scientific societies , including the Entomological Society of America , the Entomological Society of Washington , the American Association for the Advancement of Science , the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene , the Washington Academy of Science , the Biological Society of Washington , Sigma Xi , the Explorers Club, and the Cosmos Club .

Emerson died in June 1993 after a lengthy illness. He left behind his wife, with whom he had been married since 1939, and three sons. Emerson had donated his science library and entomological collection, including numerous types , to Oklahoma State University as early as 1970. There they form part of the university's entomological collection, named in his honor as the KC Emerson Entomology Museum .

Dedication names

More than 25 taxa were named after KC Emerson , mainly species and subspecies of the jaw lice . These include the genus Emersoniella described by João Tendeiro in 1965 and the genus Buceroemersonia described by Robert E. Elbel in 1988 .

Publications (selection)

Self-published

literature

Roger D. Price: Obituary. Kary Cadmus Emerson (1918-1993) . In: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 1994, Volume 96, pp. 180-187, digitized .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Roger D. Price: Obituary. Kary Cadmus Emerson (1918-1993) , p. 180.
^ ^A ^b Roger D. Price: Obituary. Kary Cadmus Emerson (1918-1993) , p. 181.
^ Roger D. Price: Obituary. Kary Cadmus Emerson (1918-1993) , p. 182.
^ Don C. Peters, Roger D. Price, and Russell E. Wright: Kary Cadmus Emerson . In: American Entomologist 1994, Volume 40, No. 2, p. 117, doi: 10.1093 / ae / 40.2.117 .
↑ Robert E. Elbel: Buceroemersonia, a new genus of ischnoceran Mallophaga found on the hornbill Tockus genus (Bucerotidae) . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 1977, Volume 90, No. 4, pp. 798-807, online as PDF , 501 kB.
↑ João Tendeiro: Estudes sur les Mallophages parasites des Alcedinides. I. Genres Alcedoecus Th. Clay et Meinertzhagen, 1939 et Emersoniella nov. In: Revista dos Estudos Gervais Universitarios de Mocambique 1965, Série 4, Volume 2, pp. 1–92, online as PDF , 8.7 MB.

personal data
SURNAME	Emerson, Kary Cadmus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Emerson, KC (abbreviated name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American entomologist, parasitologist, and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 13, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sasakwa , Oklahoma , United States
DATE OF DEATH	June 23, 1993
Place of death	Sanibel , Florida

[Price_180-1] Roger D. Price: Obituary. Kary Cadmus Emerson (1918-1993) , p. 180.

[Price_181-2] A ^b Roger D. Price: Obituary. Kary Cadmus Emerson (1918-1993) , p. 181.

[Price_182-3] Roger D. Price: Obituary. Kary Cadmus Emerson (1918-1993) , p. 182.

[Peters-4] Don C. Peters, Roger D. Price, and Russell E. Wright: Kary Cadmus Emerson . In: American Entomologist 1994, Volume 40, No. 2, p. 117, doi: 10.1093 / ae / 40.2.117 .

[Elbel-5] Robert E. Elbel: Buceroemersonia, a new genus of ischnoceran Mallophaga found on the hornbill Tockus genus (Bucerotidae) . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 1977, Volume 90, No. 4, pp. 798-807, online as PDF , 501 kB.

[Tendeiro-6] João Tendeiro: Estudes sur les Mallophages parasites des Alcedinides. I. Genres Alcedoecus Th. Clay et Meinertzhagen, 1939 et Emersoniella nov. In: Revista dos Estudos Gervais Universitarios de Mocambique 1965, Série 4, Volume 2, pp. 1–92, online as PDF , 8.7 MB.