Louise M. Russell
| Louise May Russell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 May 1905 Crown Point, New York, United States |
| Died | 15 May 2009 (aged 104) Annapolis, Maryland, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Institutions | US Department of Agriculture |
| Alma mater | B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Cornell University |
| Known for | Scientist, Entomologist |
Louise M. Russell was a US Department of Agriculture entomologist renowned for her expertise in insect identification and research on using parasites for biocontrol.
Russell was born on May 6, 1905 on the family farm in Crown Point, New York. In 1922, she entered Cornell University, and received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in 1926 and 1927, respectively, and her Ph.D. in 1931.
In 1927 she began working for the US Department of Agriculture as a laboratory assistant, mounting scale insects. In 1929 she was promoted to Junior Entomologist, in 1938 to Assistant Entomologist, in 1944 to Associate Entomologist, in 1946 to Entomologist, in 1953 to Senior Entomologist, and in 1962 to Research Entomologist. She determined thousands of aphid, psyllid, whitefly, and scale insect specimens for use in quarantine programs, pest control, regulatory entomology, and systematics research, and clarified numerous aphid species identification and nomenclatural problems, many involving agricultural pests.
During and after her 48-year career with the USDA she published a total of 106 scientific papers, including descriptions of 84 new species of pit scales, 63 species and four genera of whiteflies, and two species of psyllids.
An active member of the Biological Society of Washington, the Entomological Society of Florida, and the Washington Academy of Sciences, she also spent much time helping others, including serving on graduate student committees as an adjunct professor at North Carolina State University. She was involved in many international events, including ten International Congresses of Entomology, and performed field research in Puerto Rico, El Salvador, India, Pakistan, and Colombia.
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