Sanderson, Dwight

Dwight Sanderson was born at Clio, Michigan, on September 25, 1878. He earned B.S. degrees from both Michigan State University and Cornell University. He then worked in entomology in Maryland, Delaware, and at Texas A&M and the University of New Hampshire. At New Hampshire he became Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and was elected president of the American Association of Economic Entomologists. In 1910 he became dean of the College of Agriculture at West Virginia University and then director of the experiment station. He was awarded a doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago in 1921. Sanderson was interested in insect development and in insect pest control. He authored “Insects injurious to staple crops” (1902), and “Insect pests of farm, garden, and orchard” (1911). He was a founder of the Journal of Economic Entomology and was instrumental in getting the Federal Insecticide Act of 1910 passed by the United States Congress. He also wrote four books on...